Word: successors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thwart any such acts, the Administration last week dispatched federal marshals to protect abortion clinics around the country. In Pensacola, where a clinic opened for the first time since Dr. Britton's murder, a dozen protesters looked on as an officer whisked an unidentified man, presumably the doctor's successor, into the building. A potentially more dangerous situation exists in Gulfport, Mississippi, where pro-life activists have vowed to begin a campaign against Dr. Joseph Booker, who they claim is the state's only full- time abortion doctor. It will be the maiden effort of the American Coalition of Life...
Technically, there is no named search committee charged with finding a new Kennedy School dean--Rudenstine is officially in charge of picking Carnesale's successor...
...deanship search comes on the heels of a relatively quick search to replace former provost Jerry R. Green, who announced his departure in April. Carnesale was officially named Green's successor less than two months later...
...begin, one might consider that the tyrant-weary Berlin Philharmonic eyed him as a potential successor to von Karajan's chief conducting post, not necessarily for his musical worth, but because he was the one of the least oppressive candidates. This characteristic colors his entire artistic output--Haitink has been renowned for utter reliability and dependability, never for willful or idiosyncratic interpretations. Those seeking musical histrionics should look elsewhere. His sound can be counted on not to offend conventional acoustic sensibilities, but his middle-of-the-road path ensures that his interpretations will almost never be terribly memorable...
...rental. But the illusion is soon broken by the arsenal in his car: an M-1 carbine, an Uzi submachine gun and two .45-cal. pistols. Life can be dangerous if you're Emmanuel ("Toto") Constant, founder of the Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti, or FRAPH, successor to the murderous Tontons Macoutes of the Duvalier...