Word: overshadowed
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...Lieberman's G.O.P. flirtation has its risks - and a time limit. By this time next year, the 2008 election cycle will overshadow anything that happens in the Senate. The longer he waits to capitalize on his moment, the greater the danger that he'll be tagged as one of those politicians for whom having power is more important than using...
...story of contemporary North Korea is almost universally told as the tale of one man: Kim Jong Il, the all-powerful dictator whose idiosyncrasies and erratic behavior overshadow the more mundane lives of his 23 million subjects. So it's a bit of a surprise to realize that Kim's name isn't mentioned at all in the 280 pages of James Church's impressive North Korean thriller, A Corpse in the Koryo. The dictator and his father, North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung, are in passing alluded to as "our great Leaders", but to Inspector O, a gruff...
...parties and militias as destabilizing, it can do little to stop it. And last summer's war between Israel and Hizballah showed the reach of Tehran's influence. Iran supported Hizballah and supplied it with sophisticated weaponry, and not surprisingly basked in the glory of its perceived victory to overshadow the Sunni regimes that had condemned the Shi'ite movement. Iran's shadow continues to loom large over Lebanon as Hizballah tightens its grip on Lebanon and the specter of civil war looms large again...
Rather, Halloween weekend at Harvard seemed to overshadow the University’s birthday this Saturday...
...Fredricks ’07). Brown checks himself into a hospital, despite having nothing wrong with him except for a desire to escape from the rest of the world. Fredricks exuded a strong and likable presence. There were even a few moments when his exuberance and confidence threatened to overshadow the rest of the five-member ensemble. Goodman’s sense of space was keen: her use of the built-in balcony in the black box theater was both imaginative and practical, transforming the small floor space into a believable hospital.Unlike the first two plays, the second half...