Following her death, a succession question came about.

The Hats managed to avoid this prospect by obtaining precedence for the succession question.

That gives the succession question a peculiar Aegean twist.

With presidential elections due in June 1996, succession questions also hover over Moscow.

To outsiders, the succession question has the makings of captivating corporate soap opera.

Fired off in rapid succession questions merely sound like an inquisition with the result that you will be creating anxiety, not ideas.

But in fashion, the succession question is not about who will make it to Europe's thrones in the 21st century.

Yesterday's announcement not only failed to answer the succession question, but it also appeared to create a race among several Bristol-Myers executives.

Later in the year, following Elizabeth's illness with smallpox, the succession question became a heated issue in Parliament.

But Mr. Kirby says that the succession question is still far off.