Word: successors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism, Curley, like Neuharth, began his career as a reporter for the Associated Press. He joined Gannett in 1969 as suburban editor of the Rochester Times-Union and rose quickly, becoming company president in 1984. Said Neuharth of his successor: "He's a reporter who knows how to pay the rent...
Three days after he returned from Moscow, their suspicions proved correct: Radio Kabul announced that Karmal was stepping down to assume the ceremonial position of President. His successor as General Secretary is Major General Mohammed Najibullah, 39, a doctor known for his hard-line fidelity to Moscow and his ruthless efficiency for the past five years as head of Khad, the dread Afghan secret police. Although the transition was managed peacefully--the previous three Afghan leaders had been killed during transfers of power --Soviet tanks took up positions in the hills outside Kabul, and armored units patrolled the city...
...past week's rush to declare candidacy before the convention. David Williams, his press secretary, said that most voters "don't know a hell of a lot" about the $60,000-a-year office. "There hasn't been a real race for Auditor in 46 years," he said. The successor to departing Auditor, John Finnegan, will serve as a "watchdog" over government programs' budgets...
...president of the Board of Overseers and her designated successor told a group of divestment activists yesterday that the governing body will review its election procedures next year following heated criticism of practices employed in the current election...
Rumania's Nicolae Ceaunsescu, 68, appears to be in failing health, and Gorbachev may already have a protege waiting. He could be Ion Iliescu, 56, who reportedly studied with the Soviet leader in Moscow. In East Germany the likely successor to Honecker is Egon Krenz, 48, a former Communist youth leader...