Word: predecessor
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...both the entertainment business and the digital world. Within hours of the deal's announcement, the corporate handicappers had tabbed him as Levin's successor. He had better be patient. According to an investment banker who knows both men, recalling the 1992 blitzkrieg with which Levin deposed his predecessor, N.J. Nicholas Jr., "betting against Jerry Levin in a boardroom struggle would be a big mistake." Especially when, as in this case, it would take a 75% vote of the board--to consist, initially, of equal numbers of Time Warner directors and AOL directors--to dump...
...elect his successor. But John Paul II in living retirement would also be an influence too powerful to ignore, even if he is not anywhere near the voting cardinals. He is probably aware that every new Pope in the past 300 years has been dramatically different from his predecessor. John Paul II may have forestalled that by naming some 90% of the cardinals now in the college. If he retired, he would be even more certain that the church stays his course. Could a new Pope change policies if the former Pope, with all his prestige, were still alive, looking...
...most of his time at the Fed, Greenspan hasn't had to do much more than jawbone. The bond market has taken his hints and moved accordingly. A couple of years ago I ran into Greenspan's predecessor, the aggressive inflation fighter Paul Volcker, and asked him what he thought of Greenspan's performance. Volcker, a financial heavyweight, wouldn't grade Greenspan, but he voiced a mock complaint that Greenspan was getting a lot of credit for prosperous times without having to break a sweat. The vigilantes were doing it for him. When traders whiffed inflation, they chased long-term...
...Political pawn ___ Gonzalez 2 Year-end temp 3 He now runs the Kremlin 4 Al's predecessor 5 Avail oneself of 6 Republican also-runner 7 Itar-___ (Russian news agency) 8 McCain opposes its subsidies; Bradley used to 9 Thai's neighbor 10 A deg. held by some lawyers 12 Bradley/Gore pol. affiliation 16 She supported 26-Down's decision on 1-Down 20 Tiebreakers, briefly 23 Charged atom 24 Newspaper that broke the Paxson story 26 Org. that ruled that 1-Down should be returned to Cuba 27 Jetsam of 1773 28 Comedian Bill, to his friends 30 Cokie...