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Harish was named to his post only three weeks ago, when his predecessor, Yitzhak Zamir, was abruptly removed from office after demanding a police investigation into the Shin Bet affair. The two Palestinians were captured by Israeli forces after hijacking a bus in 1984. They were photographed being led away from the bus but were later severely beaten and died under circumstances that have yet to be explained...
Rehnquist's easy manner and informality stand in stark contrast to his predecessor as Chief Justice. Burger could be courtly, but mainly he was pompous and aloof. There is little doubt which Justice is more popular with his brethren...
...resign as director of the Center of Middle Eastern Studies after secret CIA funding for his research and a conference was made public. Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence eventually published a report which shifted much of the blame onto some supposedly sloppy administration by Spence's predecessor, Henry Rosovsky. The report was widely perceived both inside and outside of the faculty as a whitewash, and a superficial one at that...
Carrington's style of leadership differs markedly from his controversial and outspoken predecessor at NATO, Joseph Luns of the Netherlands. The alliance is "much less divisive now," according to Lecturer in Public Policy Richard N. Haass. "Many of the big, kind of doctrinal debates, about first use [of nuclear weapons] and pure defense [as opposed to 'forward' defense] have considerably toned down," agrees Stanley H. Hoffman, Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France...
Unlike its predecessor the StudentAssembly--which was penniless and not recognizedby the University--the Undergraduate Council has abudget of roughly $64,000 a year. Eachundergraduate yearly pays the council $10 on histerm bill. One-third of this money goes toward thecouncil's operations budget, and the councildisperses two-thirds of it in grants toundergraduate organizations...