Word: successors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...final official tally: 15,714,598, or 51.76%, for Mitterrand; 14,647,787, or 48.24%, for Giscard.) By 8:20 p.m., shortly after the results were made public, the Elysçe released a terse statement in which Giscard expressed his "wishes"-nothing warmer -to his successor. As if to say I-told-you-so, Giscard added: "I think I did everything I could to explain to the French the extent and the consequences of their choice...
...early 1970s. In 1979 he gained new power in the party by rallying to the defense of Mitterrand against the challenge of Rocard and Mauroy. Still, the all-important negotiations with the Communists will be conducted not by Chevènement but by Lionel Jospin, 43, Mitterrand's successor as the first secretary of the party...
Beck's successor, Jimmy Hoffa, remained under almost continual federal investigation by the Justice Department. In 1964 he was convicted and sentenced to a total of 13 years in federal prison for jury tampering, fraud and conspiracy in connection with pension-fund mismanagement. He began serving time in 1967 after his appeals...
With such power, it is not surprising that Leto plays the eternally dangerous game: manipulating his own race and those of his enemies to assure both the emergence of a successor and the survival of the species...
...committee not yet appointed will search for a successor to Petersdorf, King said...