And chief executives know a lot about the environment these days, and have imbued the corner office with a sensitivity that their predecessors lacked.

Scarlet Weather Rhapsody also provides built-in support for multiplayer games over the internet, something that its predecessor lacks.

VanOrd praised Mass Effect 2 for possessing an identity, which was something that its predecessor lacked.

Campbell has one thing that his predecessor, Mike Keenan, lacked last season: A talented, young, second-line center.

Anderson's predecessor, Frank Burns, lacked those advantages in his 11 seasons.

Hu also benefited from the slow but progressive institutionalization of power succession within the Party, something his predecessors lacked entirely.

Mr. Yilmaz has assembled a coherent parliamentary majority, a requirement for effective government his recent predecessors have lacked.

Mr. Baker has in abundance the experience his predecessor lacked, but he is not known as an effective or decisive manager.

He became known as a razor-sharp advocate of markets possessing what his predecessors lacked: a feel for how markets work.

The game is less complex than its predecessor, Interstate '76, lacking the detailed armor and weapon management of the original.