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He'll have to, suggests James Adams, a predecessor, who calls UPI a "sclerotic, corrupted organization" staffed by "tired hacks."
Tate lacks the political savvy of his predecessor, Reed, and critics say Tate's unrelenting focus on gays will hurt the coalition in the long run.
Dukakis hadn't started the state program that allowed prisoners like Horton, who were serving life sentences without parole, to take furloughs--that would have been Dukakis' Republican predecessor as governor of Massachusetts, Francis Sargent.
The second biopic about record-breaking superstar runner Steve Prefontaine is deemed worthier than its 1997 predecessor, Prefontaine . "[A] richly intimate sports fable," says Entertainment Weekly 's Owen Gleiberman.
A warning to Chatterbox's critics in the Fray: This item, like its predecessor, will not inform you about whether Metabolife's herbal diet suppliment is safe and effective, or unsafe and ineffective.