1.   But privately, some have already begun to discuss possible successors, a sure sign that they detect the scent of a political carcass.

2.   His is also the name that comes up first when German Christian Democrats discuss a successor to Chancellor Helmut Kohl, or Finance Minister Theo Waigel.

3.   In an interview Friday, Pasalic said it was too early to discuss a successor to Tudjman, as well as unseemly.

4.   In any case, the Security Council is expected to wait until after the U.S. presidential election before discussing possible successors to Boutros-Ghali.

5.   The board of Real Madrid, which also owns the Real Madrid basketball team, was discussing a successor in a closed-door session, Spanish national radio said.

6.   The presidential press service said Yeltsin discussed a successor for Tumanov, who is retiring.

7.   Mandela was meeting with members of his cabinet on Friday to discuss a successor to Slovo and funeral arrangements for the South African Communist Party chairman.

8.   Solbes also said that Wim Duisenberg had been appointed president of the ECB for eight years and that there was no need for the moment to discuss his successor.