You wonder if each of them leaves his successor a letter to be opened in times of crisis.

Raveling left his 47-year-old, gray-haired successor with the best housewarming gift of all, a deep and talented team.

Having recovered from the memo he left his successor saying that all the morning had gone, Byrne has emerged as major player in opposition.

That left his successor with little time to reshape the team.

But, like so many of Armand's initiatives, it had worked out well enough to leave his successor in an advantageous position.

These political realities leave his successor to face challenges never before seen in the long and colorful history of city government.

But I intend to drive the strategy that is already in place and leave my successor to drive it even further.

But he also leaves his successor with daunting challenges in other areas that critics say the department has largely ignored.

But more than that, the president wanted to leave his successor, Democrat or Republican, a better country than had been left to him.

He died on the 15th of February, leaving his son Ecgfrith his successor.