Word: successors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...than three years as Secretary of the interior, Watt managed to generate more support for environmentalists than the Sierra Club could in a decade. His knack for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time, his uncanny ability to sabotage his own plans with memorable gaffes--surely Watt's successor will not be so incompetent...
Trucheart will leave his post December 1 for another as yet undisclosed position with the University. Officials at the K-School said yesterday they have been interviewing candidates for the opening MPA job, but were unsure whether Trueheart's successor would be picked from within the present stuff...
Ruth's record this year is chiefly owed to Louis Gehrig. He too is a home-run hitter (47 for 1927). With Gehrig next at bat, pitchers dare not give Ruth a complimentary base on balls, hoping to dispose of his successor easily...
Steiner's next step must be to select at least one student representative for the search committee. Associate deans may be excellent assessors of managerial skill, but Chafin's successor will need more than that to do the job well. He'll have to deal with students at least as well as he handles annual budgets and patrol schedules...
...selecting Kolvenbach as the 28th successor to the society's founder, St. Ignatius of Loyola, the Jesuits may have resolved a point of tension with the Pope: How active should they become in politics? Pope John Paul II has warned all priests against becoming too political, although acknowledging that they have a duty to promote social justice. Father Pedro Arrupe, Kolvenbach's predecessor, encouraged social activity by Jesuits in the U.S. and Latin America. John Paul has also been nettled by Jesuits who question church teachings. When Arrupe, 75, was incapacitated by a stroke in 1981, the Pope...