Word: successors
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After all these months, the West has little idea what Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il, the designated successor, are up to. Are they bent on extorting the best combination of diplomatic and economic benefits for a pledge of good behavior, or are they simply determined to build an atomic arsenal? Donald Gregg, a former U.S. ambassador to South Korea, argues, "The North Koreans want a face-saving way out of the corner into which they have painted themselves." He thinks the U.S. ought to specify exactly what benefits the North will reap if it gives...
...dealmakers are dwindling. Former House Speaker Wright was famously willing to force House members into line on important votes. His courtly successor, Tom Foley, is more apt simply to gauge their wishes over and over again. The rising generation of younger lawmakers seems even less inclined toward Rostenkowski-style leadership, part back slapping, part arm twisting. The new crowd tends to be more attuned to polls and job preservation. "Dealmakers are willing to take risks, willing to be tough," says Tony Coelho, the former House Democratic whip who resigned in 1989 after reports about misuse of campaign funds. "They...
...group of dark-suited apostles called the Council of the Twelve will gather this week in the central Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah, to "set apart" a new prophet from among themselves. If tradition is a guide, they will select the chief of the council as Benson's successor and the Mormon Church's 14th president -- in this case Howard Hunter. At 86, Hunter, who had open-heart surgery eight years ago and a gall- bladder operation last year, will be the first head of the Mormon Church born in the 20th century...
Sommers is certainly a qualified administrator and instructor. But after all the havoc wreaked by Marius, students deserved a real search for the best possible successor...
...facing Rudenstine may bethe growing distance between his initial vision ofa harmonious, integrated University and theadministrative disarray that surrounds him in thepresent.Crimson photo illustration from Crimson filephotos/SoRelle B. B Braun and Eugene Y. ChangTOO MANY BALLS IN THE AIR: President NEIL L.RUDENSTINE and, from left, outgoing Provost JERRYGREEN; his successor, Dean of the Kennedy SchoolALBERT CARNESALE, former Vice President forGovernment, Community and Public Affairs JOHN H.SHATTUCK; his sucessor, acting vice president JANEH. CORLETTE, her successor JAMES ROWE '73; formerVice President for Finance ROBERT H. SCOTT...