51.   Will Blair persuade Brown, who is regarded as his likely successor, to support it?

52.   A coadjutor assists an archbishop in performing diocesan duties and is usually regarded as his likely successor.

53.   A raft of Cabinet ministers and army generals with solid political connections would be more likely successors than Megawati, who was head of the opposition Indonesian Democratic Party.

54.   A profile of conservative Philippe Seguin, seen as the likely successor to Alain Juppe if the right survives.

55.   Among them is Giovanni Battista Re, head of the Congregation of Bishops and considered by Italian media to be among the most likely successors to John Paul.

56.   As the debate raged Tuesday, Congress President Valentin Paniagua, a political moderate with opposition backing, emerged as the likely successor to Fujimori.

57.   But his deputy and likely successor, Anwar Ibrahim, has been sounding a somewhat different line.

58.   Even so the future remains unclear as he so far failed to name his likely successor.

59.   Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi and former Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama were seen as the most likely successors.

60.   Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi and former Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama were seen as the most likely successors to Hashimoto.