11.   Khatami inherits a country struggling for acceptance in the international community.

12.   Michael Vickery, a specialist on Cambodia at the University of Malaysia, said the Khmer Rouge inherited a country devastated by war.

13.   The new president inherits a country at odds with the international community and with simmering domestic problems.

14.   The new president, who succeeded Hashemi Rafsanjani, inherits a country at odds with the international community and with simmering domestic problems.

15.   The winner will inherit a country with its democracy in tatters and its economy in crisis.

16.   Whoever wins will inherit a country in political and economic crisis.

17.   Only one prime minister, P.V. Narasimha Rao, inherited the country in a worse shape than you.

18.   Inheriting a country at peace, Calderon acknowleged he still faced formidable challenges in consolidating peace, democracy and economic development.

19.   The Democrats inherited a country whose economy had virtually collapsed.