Word: successors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...successor is a brusque and austere army lieutenant general, Saukam Khoy, 61, who most recently was president of the senate. In an interview with TIME Correspondent David Aikman, Saukam Khoy declared: "I shall go to the soldiers and the people to find out the situation and inspire them with confidence. Do you like horses? Horses have to be spoken to in order to have confidence. If your horse has confidence in you, he will let you mount him. You must caress your horse, calm...
Their story, said Jacobsen, began to unravel when Connally remembered that some of the bills he had paid back had been circulated after 1971. (They bore the signature of George Shultz, Connally's successor as Treasury Secretary.) The pair tried to replace them with older bills but, if Jacobsen's story is true, Connally somehow messed up. When...
...reason for the enduring success of the House of Saud is that in moments of crisis its members stand together. Last week the princes demonstrated family solidarity when, in accordance with a prearranged plan, they named Crown Prince Khalid, 62, successor to the assassinated King Faisal and his half brother Fahd, 53, the new Crown Prince and heir apparent...
...onto power and shield him from bad news. A dialogue with the President has often assumed a sense of unreality. TIME Correspondent David Aikman reported this recent exchange between Lon Nol and Lieut. General Saukam Khoy, president of Cambodia's Senate and Lon Nol's most likely successor...
Welfare Systems. How did New York City get into such a mess? The trouble started at least two decades ago under Mayor Robert Wagner. In the name of good labor relations and even better politics, Wagner encouraged the growth of the city's civil service unions. His successor, John Lindsay, tried at first to tame the unions, but they only grew stronger. Lindsay also favored the unwise practice of borrowing to meet the city's operating expenses, not just its capital construction projects. Moreover, New York offers a number of services unavailable in many other cities: free four...