Word: successors
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Within twelve hours, the U.C.D. nominated Deputy Prime Minister Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, 54, as Suárez's successor...
...responsible for choosing a successor to Albert M. Sacks, the current law dean who steps down in July, yesterday refused to comment on the Keeton speculation. Bok last weekend declined to say whether he had already offered the position to someone, adding that he does not comment on speculation about his choices for dean "out of principle...
Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig named him charge d'affaires to the Central American country, Chapin said yesterday. Chapin replaces Robert E. White--whom President Reagan removed Monday--and will serve until Reagan selects a permanent successor...
...image of Algeria as a militantly pro-Soviet regime has gradually changed since the death of President Houari Boumedienne from a rare blood disease two years ago. His successor, President Chadli, 51, has pragmatically tried to improve relations with the West. Moreover, relations with Moscow have cooled since the invasion of Afghanistan, and there are signs that Algeria wants to escape from its dependence on the U.S.S.R. for military equipment...
...initially, but then settled down to very quiet, private negotiations. About eleven months later the crew of the Pueblo was released. There are coincidental similarities to the Iranian situation as well: the Pueblo affair also occurred in an election year, and it was resolved only after Johnson's successor, Richard Nixon, had been elected. The North Koreans probably felt that they would fare better dealing with Johnson, much as the Iranians feared dealing with Reagan...