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The Hartford Courant, Conn., Dan Haar Column.

By Dan Haar, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 11--At Lydall Inc. in Manchester, an industrial company out of the limelight in recent years, a sea change in corporate leadership may be showing its face.

The Lydall CEO has been replaced by a board member, which is common enough. But in this case, the former head of the company remains in his former job as the No. 2 executive, apparently willingly and with justified optimism.

That's not only a rarity. If it sticks, it will be a sign of the demise of the imper

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