1.   But childless, he left no successor.

2.   But Deng has left his successors facing even tougher challenges, ones that he may not have been brave enough to take on.

3.   Groups with altruists in them leave more successors than groups of selfish creeps.

4.   When Lou Conte stepped down last summer as the artistic director of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, he left his successor with a tough act to follow.

5.   Past presidents devalued the peso as they were about to leave office, leaving their successors with a clean slate.

6.   Analysts have blamed Salinas for leaving his successor with a financial crisis.

7.   Gauthier leaves his successor in good shape.

8.   If Pavarotti is about to leave the opera world, he leaves no successor.

9.   But his successors are no longer left with that option.