Word: successors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...into a possible connection between the settlement of antitrust suits against the International Telephone & Telegraph Co. and its pledges of money for the Republican National Convention. The former President, named an unindicted co-conspirator by the Watergate grand jury for his role in the coverup, was pardoned by his successor Gerald Ford for all offenses that he may have committed during his 5½ years in office. Here is a listing of the men who have been found guilty and the offices they once held...
...other hand, if war erupts anew, the Arabs might embargo either the U.S. or all Western nations. Says Saudi Interior Minister Prince Fahd, 53, who is Faisal's brother and likely successor: "We would hate to impose another embargo. But in a war, when you feel you are in danger of dying, you may do anything. If war breaks out again, it will be not only the Arabs and Israelis who are damaged, but the world as a whole." If Western Europe were embargoed now, it would draw down its stockpiles (good for 60 days or more in each country...
...abuses ostensibly occurred, is now ambassador to Iran. Before he left Tehran last week for a vacation trip through Europe to the U.S., he "categorically denied" in a cable to the State Department that the illicit operations had taken place. Defense Secretary James Schlesinger, who was Helms' immediate successor, remained silent...
Since the death of Georges Pompidou last April, the party of Charles de Gaulle has been in a disarray bordering on ruin. In the May election for Pompidou's successor as President, the official Gaullist candidate won only 15% of the vote, and after 16 years in the Elysée, the party saw the presidency go to a non-Gaullist, former Finance Minister Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Many Gaullists are now turning to another non-Gaullist who, paradoxically, they think may be the savior of their movement. He is Michel Jobert, 53, who, as Georges...
...spurs. I keep getting the feeling that [President emeritus Nathan M.] Pusey was viewed as a stern Puritan who could raise money and handle things. The fact that he failed in crucial times at the latter was the beginning of a malaise which was transferred to his successor...