Word: successors
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...Muslim fundamentalists went on trial with them, and possibly hundreds more conspired. The West grieved, perhaps more than his countrymen did, for the loss of Sadat's vision and will. Yet the peace process he began, with an act of statesmanlike courage, struggles on under his discreet, cautious successor...
Viola's successor, junta member and army commander-in-chief General Leopoldo Fortunate Galtieri, does not take office armed with much confidence from his fellow Argentines, who are deeply cynical about the ability of the generals to govern. Galtieri will be the third military ruler, after Jorge Rafael Videla and Viola, since the 1976 coup that overthrew the government of Isabelita Perón and resulted in a bloody campaign to rid the country of leftist terrorists. The down-to-earth Galtieri, 55, is said to be well-liked in Washington and is expected to move swiftly to restore...
...keep the money for personal use," there is no guarantee that he will return to his old job. The White House last week quickly named a caretaker replacement: Allen's own deputy, James ("Bud") Nance, 60, a retired rear admiral, who is not seen as a permanent successor. But ominously for Allen, Meese disclosed that even if he is cleared of any violation of the law, his conduct will be examined to see if it violates the ethical standards that the President has proclaimed for all high Administration officials...
Meanwhile, in a bold effort to promote political reconciliation in the country, President Hosni Mubarak, Sadat's successor, last week released 31 prominent figures arrested by Sadat. Among them were five former Cabinet officials and Mohammed Heikal, a former editor of the daily Al Ahram. In an extraordinary gesture, Mubarak had them brought directly from prison to the presidential palace to meet with him. Said Heikal afterward: "This is a great thing. It is the first time a President receives freed political prisoners and talks to them...
...sides intensified last June when the regime withdrew its tacit recognition of Jesuit Bishop Dominic Tang as head of the Canton diocese. The ouster came just after Pope John Paul II asserted Tang's Vatican connection by appointing him Archbishop of Canton. Tang's Communist-approved successor in Canton, Bishop Ye Yinyun, has continued to press the battle against the Vatican, accusing visiting priests from Hong Kong of efforts to "spread rumors and disrupt the work of the Chinese church." The new arrests mark an ominous escalation. Outside observers cannot yet assess how far the toughening government attitude...