Word: successors
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Using the powers available only to El Caudillo's chosen successor, Juan Carlos moved cautiously by approaching the moderates of Spain. He slowly replaced Franco's highest appointees with what he called "the civilized right." He invited leaders of the outlawed Communist and Socialist parties to dinner. Assistant Professor of Government Terry Karl, a specialist in that process, says. "It's rare to find a figure that commands that kind of respect who will throw his weight behind the democratic transition...
...There were a lot of jokes where he appeared foolish or lacking strong character," says Rosa Maria Calaf, assistant bureau chief of Spanish national television's New York Bureau. "Those have completely disappeared." The common thinking today is that as prince Juan Carlos could not risk his position as successor to assure his critics. "He was playing a role," says Calaf, adding. "He didn't want to appear as a danger to the [Franco] regime...
...oversold at the beginning," he says. "You need, as Mao said, constant vigilance to maintain the revolution. Like any institutions there are flurries of interest. This [interest in reforming undergraduate education] is one that's institutionalized in [this] office and will continue to be something that my successor will have to deal with...
...come to an agreement on adjusting the honors distribution requirements--a vestige of the General Education era--to the Core Curriculum. Honors requirements have not caught up with the Core yet, Verba says. The resolution of that issue, Marquand says, is the biggest procedural problem that Verba's successor will face...
Whatever his real authority today, although Bok was only recently ranked as the nation's leading educator, his successor will largely determine the future not just of this university, but over future discussions of college presidential power as well...