Word: successors
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Another Amin successor is toppled
Binaisa's downfall was not unexpected. After taking over from Yusufu Lule, Amin's first successor, who was deposed after only ten weeks, the chubby lawyer barely survived a string of no-confidence motions brought against him in the country's parliament. The immediate cause of Binaisa's overthrow was his attempt to dismiss Brigadier David Oyite Ojok as army chief of staff, reportedly because Ugandan troops, ordered to conduct house-to-house searches for arms in Kampala, had looted many of the homes. Troops loyal to Ojok quickly seized the radio station in Kampala...
...aftershocks of Backe's surprise departure reverberated along Network Row in Manhattan, one thing became clear: Paley, 78, had been having doubts about his successor for some time. Backe was a fine administrator, Paley believes, but he did not have the vision needed by the head of CBS, which is not just a corporation in the chairman's view, but a company with a mission to educate. Many others believed the objections to Backe had a more personal foundation. Paley, who also got rid of Backe's predecessor, cannot tolerate the idea of anybody taking his place...
...followed another in praising Muskie and he, in turn, brought them to their feet with an emotional farewell to the chamber in which he had served for the past 22 years. Said Muskie: "I look forward to a continuation of this relationship on a more adversary basis, perhaps." (His successor for the 2½ years that remain in his term is George Mitchell, 46, who was long active in Maine Democratic politics before becoming a U.S. district court judge...
...Paley in yet another one of the management upheavals that have practically be come traditional at CBS. It was not the first time that Paley had used his power as the largest single CBS stockholder (6%, now worth about $70 million) to spin the revolving door on a potential successor to the helm of the firm he effectively created 52 years ago. In October 1976, also without warning and also at a time of triumph, Paley sacked Backe's predecessor, Arthur Taylor, the self-confident financial expert Paley had hand-picked as president four years ear lier. Under Taylor...