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He's living in a time warp. The great irony is Bush inherited the strongest presidency of anyone since Franklin Roosevelt, and Cheney acts as if he's still under the constraints of 1973 or 1974.

The U.S. is the country that invented progressive taxation of income and of inherited wealth in the 1910s and '20s.

It was just a comfort level with the manager. He inherited those guys. Both of them are good baseball people and they're going to be offered other positions in the organization.

It was a meeting that reflected very well, with a lot of pride, on the accomplishments of a successful administration. What we inherited in 1993, to what we turn over now in 2006 ... we can take a lot of pride.

In fact, for some people, understanding their inherited medical history is the primary reason for beginning genealogical research.

The current administration inherited a military ready for the dangers and challenges facing our nation. The next president will inherit a military in decline.

You've got to make sure you're on his team, that he understands what you are all about and that you can add value to the organization. In the end, he's got to decide that you're the person he wants in the job, not that he inherited you.

The dollar inherited its strength from last week after a rise in the US employment report reassured market expectations of an interest rate rise in May.

The dollar maintained its strength inherited from last week but its upside is capped when nearing the 120-yen level.

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The figures are good. This is his first proper go at it and the broad strategy is what he inherited from Bloomer. But now we can see the Tucker touch, and the early signs are that it's going to be very good indeed.

The commissioner emphasized to me that I inherited an organization that was inadequately structured and staffed, ... and that we must correct that to ensure the highest standards of team operations, including discipline, accountability, strong oversight and internal communications.

Eddie has inherited a growing mess but people don't seem to be responding to the problems.

The yen's weakness against the dollar in Tokyo has been inherited from overseas trade on interest rate differentials.

Tony Ridder inherited a company that had a lot of newspaper companies that are not in growing markets and would never be in growing markets. That's what he inherited, and that's what he had to work with.

We understand that Butch Davis inherited an awful football team with virtually no talent. However, why do you keep defending the man (and his talent evaluation skills) when he clearly had awful drafts for the Browns?

The problem in December was that we weren't going in the right direction. We inherited very little from the previous team.

We inherited a policy we have grave questions about. But we haven't come up with a new policy.

We inherited a site with a large, bunker-like structure and made every attempt to weave it into the narrative of the project. The lower portion of the building, with its militaristic past, represents the first portion of Rabin's life as a warrior. The upper portion of the building, with its mission of education, its expansive views, and symbolic dove's wings, represents the diplomat and mediator that he became.

We inherited the lead a little earlier than I would have liked. When the other horse came at him, he responded right away. Tonight, he was impressive.

It was a turf track that we inherited and it just didn't work. We didn't know it didn't work until shortly after we acquired Hollywood Park.

I came in and inherited a great team, and that got me off on a great start because we were so competitive and so successful, and I just tried to build on that foundation that was there. It was such a great tradition, and I just wanted to carry that on.

I feel like my little brother has inherited the same musical talents I've been blessed with.

Herb inherited a program in 1996 that was in need of consistent success, and he brought that back to N.C. State basketball ... .

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