Word: successors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagan Administration's wait- and-study attitude. "Friendship has inescapable costs," said he. "One of them is bearing whatever burdens are required to avoid polluting your neighbor's property." Although the two leaders will hold another summit later this month, Mulroney acknowledged that he must wait for Reagan's successor to see any results...
...reaction. Last week the State Department confirmed that U.S. Ambassador Hume Horan is being recalled from Riyadh after a tour of only six months. It was unclear whether the missile flap was involved, but the issue could hardly have been a highlight of his brief tenure. Horan's possible successor: Walter Cutler, who served in the post from 1984 until last summer...
...leadership change. In 1985 former Army Intelligence Major Roberto d'Aubuisson, linked by Duarte and the U.S. to the death squads, quit as party president under pressure from Washington. But he remains a key figure in ARENA, and he drew large enthusiastic crowds at campaign rallies. D'Aubuisson's successor is Alfredo Cristiani, a graduate of Washington's Georgetown University and scion of a wealthy coffee-growing family. His soft-spoken approach evidently convinced some Salvadorans that the party had moderated its views, and many were further swayed by ARENA's slick advertising campaign, with the slogan "We'll change...
...contras' remaining major supply base a week before peace talks were due to resume suggests that Nicaraguan Leader Daniel Ortega is no more interested in compromise than is the President. If Congress refuses to sustain the contras any longer, it must still come to terms with Reagan, or his successor, on a policy to contain the Sandinistas and foster democratic reforms in Nicaragua...
...California Governor George Deukmejian, 59. Appeal: the other Duke has some clout as an effective chief executive in the largest and most pivotal state. His Armenian background could help counter Democratic strength among ethnics. Handicaps: he is a wooden personality without impact outside California. Also, his successor in Sacramento would be a Democrat...