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DIED. FAISAL HUSSEINI, 60, leading PLO official in Jerusalem and peace advocate who pushed for a city open to both Israelis and Palestinians; of a heart attack; in Kuwait. Often mentioned as Yasser Arafat's possible successor, Husseini mastered Hebrew as an Israeli political prisoner in the 1980s and played an integral role in the landmark 1991 Madrid peace conference...
After handpicking Summers as his successor, Rubin returned to the private sector in May 1999 to become a director of Citigroup, an $82 billion company that combines Citibank with one of the largest insurance firms, Travelers group, to provide investor services, according to the company’s website...
...outset of his term as Harvard’s president, Nathan M. Pusey ’28 was charged with bringing the University together after the turmoil of World War II. His successor, Derek C. Bok, had to restore continuity and rebuild infrastructure after the turmoil of the 1960s...
Rudenstine’s successor has already vowed to pay attention to the College, expressing interest in significantly enlarging the Faculty, for example. But Rudenstine had the same goal. It remains to be seen whether the president of the University is the man for that...
Today, the MTA’s successor, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), raises subway fares from 85 cents to one dollar. Even at a dollar the fare will remain one of the lowest in the nation, and the T’s announcement of its first fare hike in almost a decade met only half-hearted protest from environmental and transportation advocacy groups...