Word: successors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...being, Gromyko intends to keep the job of Foreign Minister. Indeed, informed Soviets suggested that the move upstairs would actually make him a "superminister," with much broader control over foreign policy decisions. But the shift could also be the first step toward bringing in a younger man. One potential successor is Anatoli Dobrynin, 63, who has been Ambassador to Washington since...
...week full of confusing signs and portents, the concern about Andropov's health revived doubts about the stability of the Kremlin leadership in the post-Brezhnev era. Said a Western diplomat in Moscow: "The fact that Andropov could come out as a strong successor just a few days after Brezhnev's death gave a lot of people confidence that the leadership was functioning smoothly and that it had everything under control. If Andropov died tomorrow, does anyone think it would go as smoothly...
...White House looks for a successor, Congress looks for dirt...
...charges against Hernandez forced the White House to accelerate its search for a blue-ribbon successor for the top job, a tricky matter since the nominee must be enough of an environmental advocate to withstand congressional scrutiny and yet fit in with the President's more minimalist approach to regulation. The leading contender was William Ruckelshaus, the first EPA administrator under President Nixon and now a senior vice president of Weyerhaeuser, a wood and paper company. But his industry connections may make him suspect to environmentalists. Said Democratic Congressman Edward Markey: "What we clearly need...
...headquarters that taught her, she says, about women's rights and nuclear arms. That same year, lured by what she called the "utopian hope" of former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, Kelly joined the Social Democratic Party, only to storm out in 1979 convinced that Brandt's successor, Helmut Schmidt, had betrayed the party's beliefs. Thereafter she joined the Greens, instantly becoming one of the party's brightest spokesmen and strategists...