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COPYRIGHT 2001 Daily News
Byline: Paul D. Colford
May 22--Howell Raines -- who advanced at The New York Times from national correspondent, to White House reporter, to London and then Washington bureau chief, to editorial page editor -- was named yesterday to the top job of executive editor.
The promotion of the Birmingham, Ala.-raised Pulitzer Prize winner to the powerful journalistic post came as little surprise inside and outside the paper.
However, the timing of the announcement by Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. was stunning because executive editor Joseph Lelyveld, who turned 64 just last month, was expected to remain in place...
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