Word: successors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...president now recalls, the decision had not been easy. The successor to the legendary Erwin H. Griswold--who had left the Law School to become U.S. Solicitor General--Bok had only held the post of dean for two-and-a-half years. Bok rolls his eyes when he discusses the dilemma he faced; after all, he had barely begun his tenure and to leave Langdell meant abandoning his plans. Bok also had to deal with what he calls a "classic problem: how you weigh an opportunity to work in a domain that's smaller and more accessible--where...
Even though Ford did not formally step down until last week, he had begun turning over his responsibilities to Caldwell last summer. In October, Ford relinquished his title of chief executive officer to his successor and moved his belongings out of his twelfth-floor suite. In effect, Caldwell for five months has run the giant automaker (1979 revenues: $43.5 billion). Ford, however, remains the head of the board of directors' powerful finance committee, and an old colleague has cautioned: "Don't count him out." Still, for the first time since 1906, a non-Ford is in the driver...
...come as a complete sur prise," said Barrett. "Two weeks earlier you could detect a decided cooling of the Reagan-Sears relationship." Barrett therefore had a head start in investigating the shake-up and even managed to inter view William Casey before he was in stalled as Sears' successor. Barrett also found an opportunity to share some of his insights with a newcomer to the Reagan press corps. Just before the big formal an nouncement of the staff dismissals, Bar rett saw a familiar face in the press room. It was his son Paul, covering the candidate...
...Politburo. Its new head, Hu Yaobang, is one of Deng's key allies. The Central Committee also elevated Hu and another Deng protege, Zhao Ziyang, to the powerful Standing Committee of the Politburo. Zhao, 61, is considered to be a rising star in Chinese politics and a potential successor to Deng...
...Charles, like most famed debauches, repented at the end. He converted on his deathbed to Catholicism. His father had died to maintain the Anglican Church, and his successor, his brother James, would lose his throne because of his Catholicism. Charles II, unlike his brother, had realized that his public reception into the Church of Rome would be disastrous for the monarchy, England being rabidly anti-Catholic. Charles has subordinated his own religious convictions to the good of the state, until it was too late for anyone to care. Fraser's description of his deathbed conversion is the most moving chapter...