Word: successors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Carnesale officially took over as Universityprovost July 1, but he will continue to serve alsoas Kennedy School dean until a successor can befound...
Kristine Gebbie submitted her resignation as President Clinton's AIDS policy officer. Several dissatisfied AIDS groups had criticized her lack of political savvy. No successor has been named...
Outside of China and North Korea, only Fidel Castro, another octogenarian dictator, still reigns with the ultimate power of a charismatic tyrant. With the fall of the Soviet Union, Cuba's isolation became complete. Castro has not been grooming a successor as obviously as Kim did, nor does he have as huge a party bureaucracy to pick up the pieces when he dies...
...hand forced by a looming no-confidence vote he was nearly certain to lose, Japanese Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata announced his resignation just two months after he took office. Reflecting recent political turmoil, Hata's successor will be Japan's seventh PM since...
...France the Euro-polls were supposed to sort things out for next year's race for a successor Socialist President Francois Mitterrand. On the left, a good showing from the Socialists led by former Prime Minister Michel Rocard, 63, would have sealed his claim as the "natural candidate." But they were humiliated with only 14.5% of the vote, their worst showing in 25 years, throwing the race for the party's nomination wide open. Possible wild cards include former Culture Minister Jack Lang and former Health Minister Bernard Kouchner...