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Kenneth Starr's decision to leave his post as independent counsel before his final report is complete raises a thorny issue: Do the three judges who sit on the panel that appointed him have the right to name a successor now that the prosecutor statute has expired?
Analysts agreed that by stacking this electorate with conservatives--particularly on questions of sex and birth control--John Paul has guaranteed that his successor will share his views.
The article tried to explain inconsistent comments that former President Theodore Roosevelt had made about supporting his successor, William Taft, by postulating that TR harbored an unresolved, repressed wish to run for president again himself.
His successor, a geology professor named Emil Constantinescu, promised rapid privatization and protection for an independent media.
The "secret exchanges" since then are intended to consummate 16 years of American efforts to include China in GATT and its successor, the WTO (which sets the terms for world trade).