Mr Lee will be stepping down, but the candidate who is likely to be picked to replace him, Lien Chan, the current vice-president, is not very popular.
First he tweeted a mocked-up picture of himself as a goalkeeper; then when the Palmeiras No1 Fernando Prass picked up an injury, Martins joked that he was "gutted" not to be picked to replace him; and in a long, heartfelt and largely self-indulgent farewell message to Flamengo fans on Facebook, Martins signed off with the line: "I know you guys loved my super save … Big hugs, César Martins".
Billy Crystal was picked to replace Eddie Murphy as the host of the Oscars, in a move that could only be described as backward looking.
He said he does not think he was picked to replace Keyshawn Johnson, but his speed suggests he is the big-play breaker the Jets have to find.
Mr. Harris recalls the night of the California recall election in 2003 in which Democratic governor Gray Davis was ousted from office and the Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger was picked to replace him.
A longtime assistant to the Oklahoma County district attorney was picked to replace him, and he declined to say whether he would prosecute Terry L. Nichols on state charges in the Oklahoma City bombing.
Johan Santana, the team's former ace, will undergo shoulder surgery this Tuesday, a procedure that will signal the end of his Mets tenure, and Jon Niese, who was picked to replace him as the opening day starter, acknowledged the void in the pitching staff.
Their rallying cry—"we want to create something new"—seems to have had the desired effect on the group's 75,000 employees: Aventis's earnings per share are growing by some 40% a year, and its sales by 12-15%.is is no surprise that Mr Fourtou was picked to replace Jean-Marie Messier, the disgraced boss of Vivendi, a Franco-American cultural and commercial disaster.
Mr Potts was picked to replace Dalton Philips, who announced his departure in January after five years at the helm of the Bradford-based firm.
He had finished third among AL second basemen in fan voting behind Robinson Canó and Pedroia, but Pedroia was injured, and Kinsler was picked to replace him.
But it was Mr Schetyna who was picked to replaced Mr Sikorski as foreign minister on Friday, when Ewa Kopacz, Poland's new prime minister, presented her cabinet (pictured).
