Word: successors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when all that is known about us is stored on a microscopic computer chip? You noted that the Egyptian records don't even mention the empire's dealings with the Israelites. One reference was written in the fifth year of the reign of Merneptah, Ramesses II's son and successor, commemorating his victory over the Libyans. It confirms the crossing of the paths of the Israelites and the Egyptians. Perhaps if archaeologists dig a little deeper, they will find Moses' swaddling clothes, and the historical debates will finally end. WALTER C. STRICKLAND Cerro Gordo, North Carolina...
...annual Spoleto Festival in Italy. Two years ago, Menotti resigned in a huff after a petulant, embarrassing two-year power struggle with the festival's board and management. First the board insisted on including an avant-garde art exhibit Menotti opposed, then it rejected Menotti's chosen successor, his adopted son Francis. When Spoleto Festival USA announced a shortened season and a $1.7 million deficit last year, there were fears it might not long survive its mercurial founder...
...bureau chief William McWhirter. "Nobody in the labor movement is in the mood to sleep through this. They want a generational shift." The battle parallels the recent upheaval in the Teamsters union, in which one-time radicals rolled over an outgoing leader's hand-picked candidate. Kirkland's possible successor may be John Sweeney, president of the Service Employees International Union...
MATEP is the successor to the Harvard Powerhouse, which was built in 1906 but failed to meet the demands for chilled water, steam and electricity required by Harvard's hospitals, which were expanding in number and size...
According to Pusey's successor, Derek C. Bok, there were three factors that changed around 1971, when he took office: federal money allocated to research began to level off, student aid began to be used on a larger scale and universities became subject to federal regulations such as Title IX and affirmative action...