21.   But the president told her he was not ready to name a successor and she agreed to stay on until this summer.

22.   Carr said last week he would name a successor for Chris Ford at the beginning of this week.

23.   Clinton reportedly wants to keep Smith in place because of the delicate status of the Northern Ireland peace process and the difficulty of naming her successor.

24.   CNN has not named his successor as Washington bureau chief.

25.   Condit did not name a successor for Stonecipher.

26.   Company officials said they are down to a short list of four candidates to replace Haagen and expect to name a successor by the end of the year.

27.   DDB Needham has named no successor to Cohen, who will continue as a member of the board of a media organization known as the Certified Audit of Circulation.

28.   Earlier this month, a senior China policy official in Washington said he knew of no progress on naming a successor to Roy.

29.   Elizabeth lived for two more years, and died never having named a successor.

30.   Ellis, who was president of Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. before coming to Boston, will stay until a successor is named.