1.   A tougher line could help over time, but short-term progress is unlikely with China already in the throes of a succession struggle.

2.   A succession struggle that had already begun behind the scenes in the Kremlin will now intensify.

3.   After his death, a wave of killings swept through Juarez and authorities attributed them initially to a succession struggle among his lieutenants.

4.   But if Dole loses, then the succession struggle and the future of the party are opened up in some fascinating ways.

5.   But the party may well just sink into an internal succession struggle between personalities and not schools of thought.

6.   For the moment, economists said Thursday, the succession struggle is unlikely to have any impact on monetary policy or on the exchange rate of the beleaguered euro.

7.   He left behind a party of orphans, locked in a succession struggle in which none of the younger generation could hope to emerge with his standing.

8.   Labor has been convulsed by a succession struggle and by the arguments over whether to join Sharon.

9.   Post-Gingrich, Hyde no longer has a rabid GOP leadership on his back, and the distractions of the succession struggle only increase his running room.

10.   That is far too long a time for reconciliation to be useful in the political succession struggle.