Consider Mr. Menendez, who handpicked Mr. Kenny to succeed him as the head of the Hudson County Democratic organization.
Several nights a week, a group of sixteen strangers gather around his dining-room table to eat delicacies he has handpicked and prepared for them, from a meticulously considered menu over which they have no say.
He planned an elaborate menu, handpicked his crew, and they eagerly awaited what they considered an opportunity of a lifetime.
You can see why Brown handpicked her.
However, he was handpicked by Sir Alex Ferguson to take over the reins at Old Trafford.
And while most consider Hu's rise to the presidency a virtual certainty, handpicked successors don't always rise to the top job in the end, says Bates Gill, a China expert at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. "The twist of history in China is that being the designated heir often means you don't end up with the job," Gill says.
The latest round of speculation about Mr. Morgenthau's plans flared a week ago after The New York Post, in its Page Six column, reported that he was considering stepping down before the end of the year to make room for a handpicked successor, Cyrus Vance Jr., a trial lawyer and the son of President Jimmy Carter's secretary of state.
And he understands that Major League Baseball was upset that the Marlins handpicked him to succeed Jeff Torborg in May and did not interview any other candidates, ignoring Commissioner Bud Selig's 1999 directive to consider members of minority groups for decision-making positions.
"They were handpicked for each role.
Teachers are handpicked and stay seemingly forever.
All were handpicked by him.
