Word: successors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would also consider the fate of vice chairman John Meriwether, one of Wall Street's most respected bond traders. Omaha billionaire Warren Buffett, who owns $700 million of Salomon's preferred stock, said he would be willing to take Gutfreund's place as chairman and CEO until a permanent successor could be found...
Figueroa's sordid account runs as follows. Beginning in kindergarten at St. Anthony's church in Kailua, Hawaii, he was continually molested by the parish priest. When the boy was in his teens, the priest died, but Ferrario, his successor, continued the sex abuse for years, paying Figueroa for odd jobs in return. Ferrario also aided Figueroa in quitting high school just before graduation and joining the gay community in San Francisco. Figueroa alleges that the sexual entanglement continued even after Ferrario became a bishop, with trysts at church residences in Honolulu and Menlo Park, Calif. Figueroa's lawyers claim...
...will turn in his badge next April. "Maybe that'll stop all the nonsense," he said in an emotional videotaped message to his 8,300 officers. But Gates, who turns 65 this month and has been chief for 13 years, also declared that he would stay on if a successor is not named. Mayor Tom Bradley, who has often sparred with Gates, said the city should have no problem finding a replacement...
...Botha proclaimed that South Africa must "adapt or die," and such major apartheid legislation as the "pass" laws, which forced blacks to carry identity documents, began to fall even before the main wave of sanctions. Botha, however, could never face up to the necessity for truly radical change; his successor, De Klerk, has done...
...allowed Bush to install a conservative majority at last by appointing David Souter. Replacing Marshall will not have the same impact; it will mainly mean that what would have been 5-to-4 decisions are likely to be 6 to 3. But even so, the search for a successor to the court's only black justice could be a political minefield. "Choosing a brilliant and unexpected nominee like David Souter and getting him confirmed -- that was fun, for the President and for all of us," said a top Administration official. "But this one is going to be a bear...