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Jiang's main break, of course, was being chosen by Deng as his successor in 1989. It didn't hurt that Deng lived on for eight years as Jiang's protector or that he eventually grew too feeble to dump his protege--the fate of two previous heirs apparent. But there's also a sense in China that the relatively nonideological, technocratic Jiang may be the right leader for a China bursting with political, social and economic tensions, that what China needs now is an adroit, adaptable pol rather than a towering titan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: MEET JIANG ZEMIN | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

Because of the show's popularity, Nickelodeon envisions it as the successor to "The Secret World of Alex Mack," which, though popular, has ended its run on the station...

Author: By Olivia Ralston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Senior Stars in Nickelodeon Show, Graces This Week's 'TV Guide' | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

...napping Gipper, his White House remains strangely paralyzed. Its staff has been preoccupied for quite some time with the impending departure of some key players. Chief of staff Erskine Bowles has made no secret of his desire to return home to North Carolina, but the search for his successor has dragged on since spring. Frank Raines, the Budget Director, pre-emptively took his name out of the running, but Clinton is said to be pressing him to reconsider. Meanwhile, a President whose team has already lost the intellectual energy and political acumen of such first-term stars as George Stephanopoulos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WHITE HOUSE ADRIFT | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

...basketball in the high pressure of the Atlantic Coast Conference, and for the past few years Smith has been talking about retiring to spend more time with his wife, psychologist Linnea Smith, his five children and their grandchildren. "We were always able to talk him out of it," said successor Bill Guthridge, his assistant for 31 years. "This time we couldn't do it." Smith said he realized it was time to go two weeks ago, when he was watching his protege, Larry Brown, push the 76ers through a practice at Chapel Hill: "I thought, 'I used to be like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TEARS FOR THE TAR HEELS | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

...chosen the goliath Los Angeles Times, the chain's flagship, as his latest demonstration project. In the process, the former champion of breakfasts is demolishing the old order at America's fourth largest paper. Last month he swept out publisher Richard Schlosberg III and named himself the successor. Last week he accepted the resignation of a weary Shelby Coffey III, editor since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAP'N CRUNCH AT THE HELM | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

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