Word: chairmanship
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...never worried about my chairmanship," Flood said. "You don't fire someone for being right, and I'm certainly not going to resign because I'm right...
...past decade, Deng Xiaoping shed so many of his titles that Westerners came to refer to him simply as China's leader. Last week he retired from his final official party post -- the chairmanship of the Central Military Commission, the party organ that oversees the armed forces and thus guaranteed him supreme power over the People's Republic. Deng's retirement, announced at the end of a secretive four-day party plenum that imposed a conservative agenda of economic retrenchment on the country, surprised Chinese and Westerners alike. Had Deng conceded political and economic momentum to the conservatives...
...footsteps. That fate has befallen Frederick Wang, 38, son of Wang Laboratories founder An Wang. The younger Wang, who took over as president of the troubled company nearly three years ago, gave up the job last week. He was apparently pushed out by his father, who retains the chairmanship and who told a reporter that he graded his son at "75%." A new president will be recruited from outside...
While few details were known about last week's discussions, the two sides agreed to the establishment of a mediation commission under Mobutu's chairmanship to deal with "technical" issues and to meet again in Zimbabwe in August. Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, who sat in on the talks, said afterward that Savimbi would leave Angola for voluntary exile. Other participants doubted that, however, assuming that Savimbi would want to stay on the scene to keep UNITA alive as a political movement. The biggest obstacle to a final agreement may arise if Dos Santos remains determined to preserve Angola's Marxist...
Though he may no longer have his eyes on the moon, most observers are sure that Brown is aiming for higher things -- and he has told friends that gaining the chairmanship is the first step in a plan to gain party support for another tilt at the presidency. Brown even jokingly acknowledges the speculation about his motives. If he can create an effective Democratic Party, he says, he might run for office. "I would have earned it!" he says. Then he adds, "If I don't do it, I'm going back to the monastery...