Word: successor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...submitted his resignation to Governor A. Paul Cellucci in order to alleviate the tensions on the Board caused by his controversial leadership. But what looked like a self-sacrificial move was really just another political power play, as Silber's resignation hinged on his being able to select his successor, James A. Peyser. While Silber's physical absence will no doubt improve the workings of the Board, we are bothered by his lingering influence on Cellucci and the system of education in Massachusetts...
...political power play, Chair of the State Board of Education John R. Silber resigned yesterday after selecting a successor, James A. Peyser, in order to break a board stalemate over selecting an education commissioner...
...Microsoft defense sputters, many expect it to lose its court fight. Attention is turning to steps that Judge Thomas P. Jackson might take to promote more competition. Under one option, you'd get your operating system from one successor to Microsoft, your Internet browser from a second company, and word processors and computer games from a third...
...enthusiasm for solar energy ebbed in the '80s after President Reagan ended tax credits for alternative power sources. Judy Corbett, who had been appointed to California's Solar Cal Council by Governor Jerry Brown, suddenly found herself without a job when his successor, George Deukmejian, pulled the plug on the agency. So she set up a nonprofit organization called the Local Government Commission to help educate officials on ways to deal with social and environmental problems. "It was clear to me that without mayors and city council managers and supervisors undertaking the lead in making things change, Village Homes could...
...Successor to Capuano