Word: predecessor
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...John,” echoes his pleas to the troubled protagonist of “Billy Brown” on “Life in Cartoon Motion.” The album’s third track, “Rain,” likewise imitates a predecessor, featuring bouncy beats building up tension for a sudden, anthemic chorus in a manner forcefully reminiscent of the first album’s “Relax (Take it Easy).” In an interview with BBC, Mika himself acknowledged this large degree of similarity between the two albums by referring...
...There's obvious potential for friction with Washington when President Barack Obama comes calling for more troops. Still, relations between Germany and the U.S. have improved under Merkel. Her predecessor, Gerhard Schröder, fell out with President George W. Bush over Germany's opposition to the Iraq war. Merkel smoothed over the rift and has tried to foster good relations with the current Administration. But there have been strains. Merkel was critical of the U.S. government's handling of the economic crisis. In return, some voices in Washington accused Merkel's government of stinting on its stimulus programs...
...always called for dialogue, followed by sanctions if necessary, and unlike his predecessor, Obama is now also calling for dialogue with Iran," the diplomat says. "Contents of sanction action and timetables to apply them are under discussion, but we're in perfect agreement on objectives, and methods to attain them...
...want peace more than the parties themselves," President George W. Bush once said of his Administration's limited efforts to broker agreements between Israel and the Palestinians. And while President Barack Obama has brought more vigor and urgency than his predecessor to the quest for a two-state peace, this week he finds himself in the position of wanting to restart peace talks more than the parties themselves do. Obama will meet with Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday, on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly session in New York City...
...other analysts argue that the cause probably lay in a broader factional divide in the Party that pits supporters of Hu and Premier Wen Jiabao against the so-called Princelings, children of Party elders and an allied group dubbed the Shanghai Gang, which coalesced around Hu's predecessor Jiang Zemin. (Read "China's 60th Birthday: The Road to Prosperity...