Word: successor
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...Blair was also able to forge a bond with Clinton's successor. More surprisingly, the chippy Campbell found common ground with President Bush: a passion for running, and perhaps also the wordless empathy of the man's man, fuelled on testosterone. Both were once heavy drinkers, both now abjure the bottle. Campbell regularly enters competitive races to raise money for leukemia research (his best friend and his best friend's daughter died of the disease). One check he keeps as a souvenir came from Bush. The two men were sitting in a room in Northern Ireland between set-piece public...
...remains to be seen. But it is all within the realm of Argentine political tradition. President Juan Peron's second wife Eva (or Evita, as she has become known in history and musical theater) was clearly his equal and, if not for her early death, may have become his successor. Peron's third wife Isabel was elected as his Vice-President and did succeed him after he died in the presidency in 1974. She was deposed by a military coup...
...chair of the new University-wide department in regenerative medicine. In Doug's case too, there is much to say and celebrate. I’ll make sure that there is an opportunity to do so, and I’ll soon seek your views concerning a successor to Doug...
Smith, who will take over as dean of the FAS on July 15, will pick Gross's successor. Gross said he expected Smith to make the choice after coming back from vacation next month...
...once seemed invulnerable. His protracted rivalry with his eventual successor sapped his strength, but what finally did for him was his determination to stand shoulder to shoulder with the U.S., even when this meant committing troops to a war that many in his party and country deplored. "I think Iraq will turn out to be a positive legacy for us both," President Bush told a British newspaper. The President also confessed he'd tried to persuade Blair to stay until his White House term expired. Peter Brierley, waiting in Downing Street to witness Blair's departure...