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But these may not get written down, and the tellers and singers may have no successors.
With a well-paid civil service, Clive’s successors — Warren Hastings and Lord Cornwallis — avoided the collectors by padding their salaries with private deals.
First built as a fortress by Philippe Auguste in 1190, it has been added to and altered by his successors.
Republicans hesitate to dump Newt Gingrich because his potential successors would be worse, argues the cover story, "The Men Who Would Be Newt."
The House and Senate passed legislation to build a national missile defense system . The White House persuaded the Senate, but not the House, to insert a clause saying the system won't be deployed until it's "technologically possible," which could allow President Clinton and his successors to postpone it.