Naturally, when Bill told me his plans to go back to Chicago, I asked him who I thought could fill his shoes.
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Bob has been a strong and effective leader at the bank for the last five years, and when he told me about his plans, I immediately began to search for someone to fill his shoes.
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The British TV personality made much of his bounty from Idol, the top-rated series he chose to walk away from this past spring. (Come January, new judges Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez will attempt to fill his shoes.) He also collects fees from both the Got Talent and X Factor formats, along with profits from his record label.
But it is becoming increasingly clear that Murdoch is expecting his son James to fill his enormous shoes.
His brother Ahmed has already stepped forward and said that he would fill his brother's shoes.
Equally, it could be said, like them, he has struggled to fill the shoes of his predecessor.
Kumar, then 28, had spent three years working in the family business but was nowhere near ready to fill his father's big shoes.
Which meant big shoes to fill for his three sons, who were without the benefit of a clearly defined succession plan.
But if his shoes will be difficult to fill, there is no shortage of feet.
Venice jumped into the picture last year, when Italian officials invited Pinault to fill shoes left empty when honorary Fiat chairman Gianni Agnelli died in 2003 and his company stopped supporting revolving art exhibits at the palazzo.
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While Schumacher ponders his future involvement with the Italian team, Raikkonen is getting ready to fill the German's shoes after five years at McLaren.
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