Word: successors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sort out its values," he says. "There was a time when if you had eliminated the ex-cons from the University of Miami's board of trustees, you would have taken off some of the best people in town." The McMullan style will be difficult to emulate. His successor, former Managing Editor Heath Meriwether, 39, will not try. Says he: "My approach is collegial and consensus building. Rather than fill John's shoes, I thought I would just bronze them and hang them on the wall...
...lifelong friend of the former President's, Díaz Serrano was once considered a possible successor to Lopez Portillo. As a wealthy oil contractor in the 1960s and '70s, he had at one time been in partnership with Vice President George Bush in the Houston-based Zapata Oil Co. Later, after Lopez Portillo appointed him to be director-general of Pemex, Díaz Serrano guided the huge oil exploration program that, in just five years, made Mexico the world's fourth largest oil producer...
While the mistake--which appeared quickly crossed out--would have proved only of passing interest in most years, it took on more humorous overtones in light of the ongoing search for a successor to the current dean of the faculty, Henry Rosovsky, who will step down next summer...
...structure rules out any real moderation. Two-fifths of the votes come from the unions which have repeatedly shown themselves to be unrealistic and irrational--some say they seek the destruction of the current political system. The fiery Neil Kinnock, whose name is being tossed about as a possible successor to Foot, has shown himself to be likeable and coherent but somewhat radical and bereft of a program...
...Commission's appeals review board awarded Bush back pay and reinstatement, he sued his boss for damages for denying his right to free speech. In rejecting his appeal, the court noted that Bush had already been compensated for the injustice. Richard Redenius of the Merit Systems Protection Board, successor to the Civil Service Commission, was understandably pleased. Said he: "Congress appropriates $20 million a year to support the board. The court is saying, let the administrative process work...