Word: overtaken
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been mistreated or brainwashed. The six minutes of propaganda from "Mary," which would have cost a political candidate $32,000 at that hour, were rambling restatements of the students' positions. The broadcast produced front-page headlines across the country, but the substance of the interview was soon overtaken by controversy over whether NBC had let itself become a propaganda tool of the terrorists...
MENOPAUSE has overtaken abstract art. Gone are the youthful days of combative manifestos and unexpected new styles. Abstract art has become so much a part of our culture that it reigns uncontested part of our culture that it reigns uncontested over the artistic community...
...Apple? For a while I was scared. But when I finally entered the Park and gazed over the infield, I realized that I was intimidated by all these people who were--unanimously--more partial to the Red Sox than I was to the Bronx Bombers. I was overtaken by the emotional arrogance these people generated. All this and I had just seen my first pitch delivered...
...Both sides, the authors believe, would refrain from using nuclear weapons, though chemical warfare would be fairly widespread. The modern conventional war would be over quickly because of the speed with which supplies would be consumed. (The danger of such war games is that even professional strategists can be overtaken by events. The book assumes, for example, that Iran, led by the Shah, would support NATO strongly.) As this history develops, open revolt among the satellite nations and within the Soviet Union splits the country into republics, but not before an ICBM destroys Birmingham, England, and a counter-strike obliterates...
...usually reserved and retiring Stevenson is especially concerned about deterioration in an area in which America has always excelled: technological progress. Says he: "The vanquished of World War II−Japan and Germany−have overtaken us. We and the British are ossified by habit, by powerful interests, and are losing our capacity to win in this highly competitive new environment. And if we can't win, we lose the source of our political authority." He urges universities, businesses and Government to enter into a partnership to improve technology. "Our most competitive industries are the most technology-intensive...