1.   Jealousy or insecurities relating to declining power generate interpersonal conflicts that spoil succession planning or even the performance of potential successors.

2.   An eminent figure in the history of Communist China, Yang was once widely seen as a potential successor to Deng as supreme leader.

3.   Analysts are making lists of potential successors to Bonfield as chief executive and to Sir Iain Vallance as chairman.

4.   An extended delay before an operation could intensify power struggles inside and outside the Kremlin, as Russian politicians try to position themselves as a potential successor.

5.   And Earnhardt already had pegged Harvick as a potential successor.

6.   Analysts are making lists of potential successors to Sir Peter Bonfield, above, as chief executive and to Sir Iain Vallance as chairman.

7.   And Arafat has taken pains to avoid building up a potential successor who might also be a rival.

8.   Analysts are talking about Infrastructure Minister Ariel Sharon and Tourism Minister Moshe Katsav as potential successors.

9.   At least one national magazine has tagged Bryant-Carter as a potential successor to Magic-Bird, with the league riding the coattails.

10.   At that time the company will nominate potential successors to Weinbach.