He said it three more times in succession: "Don't bet against us.
What, other than tweet and plot his succession, does Rupert Murdoch do all day?
While the succession did arouse a conflict over the regency in Germany, the succession itself faced no serious challenge.
Evan Harris' bill to tinker with the line of succession does nothing to change that and spectacularly misses the mark.
"If Ilham's succession does not come to pass, it is no clearer here than anywhere else in the former Soviet Union what will happen," a Western diplomat said.
After a year and a half with Kim Jong-un, the succession did not produce a more amenable and peaceful government in Pyongyang.
Three O'Sullivan frames in quick succession did for Hawkins in the end but the pre-tournament 80-1 outshouldshould feel no shame in defeat.
But George Christie, who inherited the enterprise in 1956 and has just handed it on to his son Gus, in true dynastic succession, doesn't think they're outmoded.
Two companies in succession did just that on the East Coast line from London to Edinburgh; in 2009 the government took over the service.A shortfall in passengers could be made up by raising fares.
The succession did not proceed smoothly, however, as Charlemagne faced a serious revolt in Aquitaine as well as the enmity of his brother, who refused to help suppress the revolt.
Under the law of the Soviet Union, intestate succession did not extend beyond descendants, the surviving spouse, grandparents, brothers, sisters, and incapacitated persons who had been dependent upon the decedent for at least one year prior to his death.
