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...next several years skillfully knit the deeply-rooted divisions back together, sending independent-minded reformers either into disarray or scurrying for the center. By the end of his term, he had elicited a measure of respect from all segments of a Faculty that had deeply distrusted his predecessor, Franklin L. Ford. He restored a certain reverence for his office that had been absent for some time. Even his opponents on the Faculty capitulated out of respect for his skillfull blending of energy, manipulation and unorthodoxy...
...hoping that he will not be thrust into controversy once again, there is a danger of stagnation in the way in which his caretaker position is circumscribed. Ford said last week that he expects to be tightly constrained in decision-making, because he must be responsible both to his predecessor, John T. Dunlop, and the yet-to-be chosen permanent dean...
Manning, born in Ireland, is a traditionalist who insists on the need for ecclesiastical authority. But he wields it much more gently than his predecessor, James Francis Cardinal Mclntyre. Manning has cooled off the disputatious Los Angeles archdiocese by visiting widely among its parishes, supporting its large Mexican-American community and listening patiently to suggestions from his priests...
...while, it seemed that the bugles might blow forever. Tanaka wrapped up two major foreign policy missions that had eluded his cautious predecessor, Eisaku Sato: a reasonably successful meeting of the minds with Richard Nixon on U.S.-Japanese economic matters in Hawaii, and a historic summit with Chou En-lai in Peking. Tanaka was all over the headlines, the TV tube and even the bestseller lists -with an imaginative-sounding but ghostwritten book entitled A Plan for Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago, which offered some slick, idyllic proposals for controlling the country's urban sprawl...
...their brain-puzzling jobs. But they are the men with guts enough to try. If they succeed in then chosen work they become heroes; if they fan they are forgotten overnight. But at least they have done their very best. By the way, just who was LIOYC. Jordan's predecessor? In order to find out if it pays to belong to the College Daily we must read between the lines. Another arduous task...