Most galling to many Mavericks fans is that Golden State eked into the playoffs with 42 wins and is coached by Mr. Johnson's predecessor, 66-year-old Don Nelson.

最让很多小牛球迷烦恼的是，以42胜搭上季后赛末班车的勇士的教练是Johnson先生的前任、66岁的Don Nelson。

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Founded in 1901, Shandong university is the second established state university right after Jingshi College (the predecessor of Peking university).

山东大学于1901年成立，是建国后继京石学院后的第二所大学(北京大学的前身)。

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Ron Davies, Mr Michael's predecessor as secretary of state for Wales, had been openly campaigning to become first secretary of a devolved Wales in the hope that Mr Michael would fail to win a seat in the Assembly.

ECONOMIST: Wales

According to longstanding principles of international law, when one country has a bilateral treaty with another and is then "succeeded" by a different state (as Russia has succeeded to the rights and duties of the Soviet Union under a number of treaties), the bilateral treaty remains in effect only if both states so affirm--the new state and its predecessor's treaty partner.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: What ABM Treaty?

Mr Gates, unlike his predecessor, works well with the secretary of state.

ECONOMIST: Defence