Word: predecessor
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...known him to be crooked all along. New York is surely weary of sanctimonious politicians who say one thing and do another. Incoming governor David A. Paterson has inherited a difficult situation from Eliot Spitzer, but hopefully he will assume the office with the transparency and honesty that his predecessor lacked...
...orBig Pun. But before I commit hip-hopheresy and put Ross in the same ranksas Christopher Wallace, it’s important toacknowledge a whopper of a differencebetween the two. While Ross may havethe size and the fan appeal, he lacks thelyrical ability and thematic diversity ofhis heavy predecessor. Then again, “Trilla”is only Ross’s second album, so hestill has time to grow into the enormous,double-wide shoes he’ll have to fill ifwants to be “the biggest boss that you’veseen thus...
...Brown's advisors have tried to counter this impression by showcasing the Prime Minister's human qualities. Until this week, that is. On Tuesday, in a startling reversal of its public relations strategy, Downing Street rushed to quash rumors that Brown might be less of a dummy than his predecessor, the consummate orator Tony Blair. A rash of media reports had claimed that Madame Tussaud's, the famous London waxworks exhibition with offshoots in the U.S., continental Europe and China, had delayed commissioning a figure of Brown pending the outcome of the parliamentary election he must hold by June...
...Democratic politics provides a challenge to Tussaud's. Angela Merkel, elected German Chancellor in 2005, has been sculpted, but her figure is briefly on loan to Berlin. Her predecessor, Gerhard Schroeder, remains by popular demand. John Howard and Vladimir Putin make an unlikely, and dated, duo. Their successors, Kevin Rudd and Dmitri Medvedev, have not yet been commissioned, but are "very much on our radar," says Lovett...
...tours with indie heavyweights Hot Chip and Peter, Björn and John have helped them establish a pretty sizeable fan base for such a young band. Their sophomore effort and first full album, “Red, Yellow & Blue,” is a meatier work than its predecessor, not only in length (it’s more than 20 minutes longer) but in feel as well. While angular guitar riffs over precise drumming and a pulsing bass still make up a majority of the album, an acoustic track and a few down-tempo songs show an unexpected...