Word: successors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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About finding a successor for Lawton, Arcandsaid, "Oh heavens, you couldn't replace...
...confident these achievements will continue under my successor, who will be the eleventh publisher of TIME. A native of Los Angeles, Miller earned an M.B.A. from the Columbia Business School before joining the controller's office at Time Inc. in 1974. By 1983, when Miller became publisher of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, he was, at 34, one of the youngest ever named to that position at any of the company's magazines. Says Miller of his new assignment: "I'm honored and excited to have the opportunity to work with many of the best people in the magazine business...
...dealings with Iran have been portrayed as an overture to moderates led by Speaker of the Parliament Hojatoleslam Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Actually, CIA sources say, Ghorbanifar had persuaded the entire political leadership of the Islamic republic, including Prime Minister Mir Hussein Mousavi and Ayatullah Hussein Ali Montazeri, designated successor to Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, to assent to secret contacts with the U.S. Two reasons: the Iranians feared the Soviet threat more than any from the West; and they hoped that American arms would soon follow improved relations with...
Could any successor equal Mr. B.? Alas, no. But Martins can take considerable satisfaction in several things. The company is dancing well, often marvelously. The box office is up, with the house more than 90% full. Also, it turns out, Balanchine was wrong when he predicted everything would change when he left; not much has so far. And Martins has just unveiled a minor triumph of his own: a 25-minute ballet called Les Petits Riens (Little Nothings), set to Mozart and performed elegantly by eight very youthful corps de ballet members. In his reticent way, Martins was bragging...
LIKE MAO ZEDONG BEFORE HIM, Deng Xiaoping has been forced to abandon a hand-picked successor and loyal supporter for committing grave political errors. Deng should have the personal prestige, like Mao again, to ride out this considerable reverse. But the history of Mao's cultural revolution should warn Deng that the demotion of Party General Secretary Hu Yaobang may have started the rot not stopped...