Mr. Lee has also presided over a doubling of Taiwanese living standards since he assumed power.
It had been only a month since he assumed the premiership.
Mr. Xi appearance at the United Nations was his first since he assumed power in 2012.
And, indeed, the country has opened up since he assumed office nine months ago.
Everything he had done since he assumed his "type" trailed him like a ghost.
Morrison's media strategy since he assumed office in September last year has been heavily criticised.
Since he assumed the presidency in 1978, Mr. Morrissey had been on leave from The Associated Press.
Ever since he assumed the presidency in 1998, Mr. Lahoud proved Syria's main insurance for keeping Mr. Hariri in check.
And Woodson is facing blistering criticism, for the first time since he assumed the job 14 months ago.
For Mr. Obama, Dr. King has been an idol, a role model and a burden since he assumed the presidency.
Rosecrans, however, was unconcerned, since he assumed that the rebels were desperately trying to retreat farther toward Atlanta.
