Tyndall notes that Bob Schieffer was 68 when he was brought in to serve as interim anchor of CBS Evening News during the interregnum between Dan Rather and Katie Couric and performed well.

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It also marks the end of the line for one of the last Apple brands still remaining from the interregnum between Jobs I and Jobs II: only the vestigial Power Mac G5 remains from that period.

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In many ways, the post-Cold War period resembles the interwar interregnum, during which military powers experimented with new technologies, organizations, and doctrine.

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In Washington, Clintonistas dream about the Bush presidency being a mere interregnum between Bill and Hillary, but out in the states it is not so much an interregnum as an optical illusion.

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There then followed an extended interregnum between the election and inauguration of the new president when no one was in charge.

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You know, we've been, since the election, in this sort of awkward interregnum period where people are looking to the president-elect for leadership, but he doesn't have any real authority.

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In any event, there may be an interregnum (with the outgoing coalition still, just, in charge) until the election of a president, on January 20th, by members of parliament.

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The other big political force, the army, is back in the barracks after its intervention and abortive interregnum in 2007-08.

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