Word: successors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ford faced other problems as well. At 66, he is only three years younger than Reagan and could not very easily be considered a successor. Moreover, he does not want to get bogged down again in the minutiae of government. Explains an aide: "He wants to help on things like peace treaties, but he damn well does not want to get involved in water projects...
...Egypt, Weizman's resignation and the squabbling over a successor were seen as possible harbingers of early elections that could produce a more moderate Israeli government. Weizman enjoyed a close relationship with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. But he had long been recognized as a lonely voice of moderation in the Cabinet, unable to prevent Begin from pursuing the policies that the Egyptians argue have brought the Palestinian autonomy talks to a standstill...
Wyman, 50, has spent a nervous career waiting for several top jobs. From 1965 to 1975 he was an executive at Polaroid and was once thought to be the likely successor to Founder Edwin H. Land...
Last month Paley axed John Backe, 47, who had earned industry-wide respect in his three years, seven months at CBS. Wyman was apparently dickering with the company before Paley ousted Backe. Backe reportedly heard that Paley had begun looking for a successor and asked CBS board members for a vote of support. When they failed to give it to him, he resigned...
...intensity of metaphor and a great depth of experience. After Guernica he could still paint very well: L'Aubade, in 1942, with its stark intimations of confinement and oppression, seems to distill the mood of occupied France. Some of his portraits of Dora Maar, Marie-Thérèse's successor as his mistress, are of ravishing and edgy beauty...