"By the end of last year, spammers had taken over enough PCs that they could really do whatever they wanted with them,'' Sergeant said.
This weekend, the rival regimes agreed to sign a United Nations-brokered deal to form a unity government, but the militias were not party to the talks, and in the meantime the Islamic State has taken over enough territory to make Libya in effect its first colony.
By the time Signor Segalin retired, Ms. Ghezzo, then 24, felt confident enough to take over.
But the strength of the Jayhawks is that they have five players who average more than 9 points a game and each is talented enough to take over.
Yet there is talk of withdrawing the remaining 8,500 American troops in Afghanistan next year, long before the new national army will be strong enough to take over.
Some analysts said Mr. Higgins's promotion to chief executive was just a temporary change until Alexandre de Rothschild, who joined the firm in 2008 and is now helping to build its private-equity business, was old enough to take over.
With four weeks of campaigning to go, many more Germans who feel that Mr Kohl has had his day may start to wonder nervously whether Mr Schröder really is honest enough to take over.
So, too, has the push to recruit local police officers, under a fledgling program to provide temporary security until Afghan national security forces can be built up enough to take over.
Some say Mr. Higgins's promotion to chief was only temporary until Alexandre, who joined the firm in 2008 and is now helping to build its private equity business, was old enough to take over.
Alternatively, the News Corp overlord could hang on for another 15 years or so until one of his two children with his wife, Wendi Deng - toddlers Grace and Chloe - are old enough to take over.
