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...always been thus. In 1961, the then?Prime Minister, General Sarit Thanarat, ordered a complete ban on the pint-sized three-wheelers to take effect four years hence. He claimed they were a noisy, dangerous menace; however, he died in 1963, before the ban could be implemented, and his successor, in the face of strident protests from drivers and owners, decided Bangkok could live with the tuk tuk after...
Remember Harvey Pitt, the deposed Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman? The onetime lawyer for big accounting firms resigned last November following criticism that his relationship with former clients was keeping him from cracking down on corporate scandal. President Bush appointed a successor, former brokerage and insurance executive William Donaldson. But with Donaldson's nomination not yet approved by the Senate, Pitt is still at the helm--and wielding more power than ever...
IRAN Free at Last Ayatullah Hussein Ali Montazeri, Iran's most prominent dissident cleric, a man once considered the natural successor to Ayatullah Khomeini, was released from house arrest in the city of Qom. Montazeri, who is in his 80s, was confined in November 1997 after he criticized the authority of Iran's conservative Supreme Leader, Ayatullah Ali Khamenei. Montazeri is a rallying point for those disaffected with the slow pace of reform. On his release, he told his supporters he would "continue to talk about issues and to act." See Also: Islamic Republic in Transition...
Facing Clark’s successor are a number of institutional challenges. The new dean will have to be a fundraiser. The Law School is currently in the “quiet phase” of a much needed capital campaign that will publicly kick-off in June...
...Avery said she is confident that Fox—who has twice acted as dean during Avery’s maternity leaves—will be a good successor...