1.   He is expected to be inaugurated next week, becoming the first president to succeed his father in an Arab republic.

2.   He succeeds his father, Wallace D..

3.   Sometimes the Senate would Decree that the son of a Deceased emperor was unfit to succeed his father.

4.   Even a prince whose parentage was known could not be certain of succeeding his father, especially if his mother had been discarded from the royal bed.

5.   Amen, said Douglas Durst, who succeeded his father, Seymour, as president of the Durst Organization.

6.   Armey is attempting to succeed his father, House Majority Leader Dick Armey, in Congress.

7.   Abdullah was also plucked from relative obscurity to succeed his father, King Hussein, in February.

8.   All along, it was evident that he was being groomed to succeed his father, known always as General Sarnoff.

9.   But Bashar Assad will be the first to succeed his father in an Arab republic where there is no king.

10.   But people close to Fidelity predict with greater confidence than ever before that she will ultimately succeed her father.