1.   Analysts had expected him to groom a son as his replacement.

2.   Analysts had expected the elder Greenberg to groom a son as his replacement.

3.   Attempting to, in effect, start a dynasty, Assad groomed his son Basil to follow him.

4.   After his term ended, Pastrana retained a keen interest in politics, grooming his sons, Andres and Juan Carlos, for public life.

5.   He recently wrote an article that appeared in a Saudi magazine, Al Majala, and satirized the efforts by some Arab leaders to groom their sons for succession.

6.   Some Egyptians wonder, not entirely in jest, whether he might not, in a monarchical way, be grooming a son.

7.   The elder Gore began grooming his son for a career in politics almost from birth.

8.   Other leaders in the region are grooming their sons for succession.