Word: predecessor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...good reason. The Senate's approval of the nominee reflected a widespread support for Cavazos and what he represents. If one is to believe his testimony before the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources last month, Cavazos's style and philosophy differ quite dramatically from those of his predecessor, William J. Bennett...
...Senator Howard Baker replaced Donald Regan as Chief of Staff to restore some order to the chaos that prevailed in the White House during the Iran-contra scandal. Last year, Frank Carlucci stepped in as Secretary of Defense and immediately began to attack the bloated military budget that his predecessor, Caspar Weinberger, had largely ignored...
...defense of Dukakis, sympathetic pundits point out that the Massachusetts furlough program was instituted under Dukakis' predecessor, Republican Ed King, and that California had an almost identical program under then-Governor Ronald Reagan. They remind voters that as Vice President, Bush never objected to the furlough program for federal prisoners, even when a convicted murderer raped a woman in Arizona while on a weekend furlough...
...texts are also on the reading list this year" and that "as in past years, the new Jazz requires three papers, a midterm and a final." According to Assistant Professor of Music Graeme Boone (the professor for both courses), the new Jazz is about 90 percent equivalent to its predecessor...
...FLYNN--The present mayor of Boston will most likely be remembered as the "People' Mayor." Flynn, after succeeding White, has demonstrated a disdain for his predecessor's ostentatious ways. Flynn went to his first inaugural in a pair of black shoes with holes in the soles. At an an earlier transition meeting with White, Flynn illegally parked his car--a 1975 Dodge Station wagon with a hole in the floor--and received a parking ticket as he discussed taking over the city's government. In case you're wondering, he promptly paid the ticket...