Word: dominione
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Contrary to the impression often conveyed by formidable law-enforcement agencies like the FBI, the Federal Government's dominion is limited to only those powers specifically spelled out in the U.S. Constitution. Remaining areas of authority, such as law enforcement and education, are jealously cloistered behind the parapet of state sovereignty. Since the New Deal, however, the Supreme Court has permitted the government to breach certain portions of this wall, using a clause in the Constitution that grants Congress the power to "regulate commerce among the several states." With the court's acquiescence, federal lawmakers have employed the clause...
...Dominion 89, Villanova...
...first time ever, consumers in 1994 bought $8 billion worth of PCs -- just a smidgen away from the $8.3 billion they spent on TVs. The sales record in terms of dollars is bound to fall to the computer soon, though the TV's cheaper price guarantees its dominion in numbers for a while...
Throughout the 1980s and '90s young first-time novelists have persisted in making detachment their dominion. Those writers have created worlds in which contemporary characters speak in a passionless staccato as they find themselves ravaged not by tragedy but rather by vague ennui...
Even if the Microsoft Network becomes one of the most popular on-ramps to the Internet, that still doesn't give Gates dominion over the whole network. As Microsoft is quick to point out, the Internet access business is intensely competitive; already CompuServe, America Online and Prodigy are scrambling to catch up to dozens of small, feisty Internet access providers like Netcom and the Pipeline that promise faster service at lower prices, and these companies could soon be joined by some outfits that are even bigger than Microsoft and have a closer relationship to their customers: the phone companies...