Any decision to deploy the missile shield now seems certain to pass from President Clinton to his successor.

At the cardinal's death in 1642, the company passed to his successor Cardinal Mazarin.

"If you want to," he said, and passed the bundle of long white sheets to his successor.

Ling Soo is accumulating wealth, which he intends to pass to his successor, that the great cause may go on.

The Queen cannot sell these - they must pass to her successor as Sovereign.

By 1999 his health deteriorated and he wished to pass on his responsibilities to his successor.

It was a story each Master passed to his successor.

We asked him if he would pass on the information to his successor, and he replied, "Absolutely not."

If I hadn't brought them they would have killed me before I could pass on the secret to my successor.

He had hoped to pass on the file within a week to his as-yet-unappointed successor.