Word: successors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...glories. This and several other of the island's 17 original forts are on a walking tour laid out by Statia's energetic historical foundation. One of the best beaches is on Tumble Down Dick Bay, apparently named after Oliver Cromwell's son and ill-starred successor as Lord Protector of England. The beaches on the brooding, windswept Atlantic side are more for roving than for swimming...
...weather vane of the change in sentiment is Sin himself. A political loner advised by a select group of businessmen and ex-Supreme Court Justices, Sin has moved away from his "critical collaboration" with Marcos. Now he raises directly questions about Marcos's health and the choice of his successor, asserts that Marcos's only support comes from the military, and registers his disapproval of Imelda's blatant ambition to succeed her husband. One leading opposition politician noted that with each public statement Sin moves further apart from the government, creating momentum for an even stronger attack to follow...
...stroke confined him to a wheelchair. His colleagues delayed any case that Douglas could decide with a tie-breaking vote, but Douglas refused to leave the bench. He was determined, he told a friend, to stay on the court until a Democratic President was elected who could appoint his successor. But his pain became so unbearable that he could no longer sit through oral arguments, and in November 1975 he reluctantly retired...
...that year. But the Pentagon's goals are at the mercy of congressional cutbacks and increased production costs. Meanwhile, the Soviets are developing a brand-new tank, the T-80, that is meant to surpass the XM1. According to U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Army Percy Pierre, a successor to the T-80 is probably already "on the drawing boards of one of the Soviet tank plants, where thousands of engineers spend their days doing nothing but designing tanks...
...tradition, has not been invited back for 1980's Miss America contest. Parks took the news hard: "I never thought they'd pull a trick like this. It's a little shabby, isn't it?" No reason was given for his ouster, nor was a successor announced. Some names have been dropped, such as those of Entertainer John Davidson, 38, as sincere as Bert but far younger, and Singer Mac Davis...