Word: overtaken
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...truth, the deal as a whole has been overtaken by events. While negotiations were under way, other members of Congress got the White House to agree to brief intelligence committee members on the eavesdropping as well as other anti-terror programs. More importantly, the Supreme Court has weighed in; in the case of Hamdan vs. Rumsfeld, it severely limited the White House's claims of unchecked wartime powers by ruling that the special military tribunals set up for detainees at Guantanamo were unconstitutional...
...know,” Simon says apologetically, letting his arms and legs fall into a full body shrug. “We feel so bad, we’re so sorry.”“Where are you going?” the passenger asks, overtaken with curiosity. “College of Charleston?” Simon answers as meekly as possible. The light is about to change and the car inches forward towards the onramp. “Get in,” the driver says, her voice cracking. A plastic blowfish bath toy swings from...
...first draft of this article was due two days ago. I initially accepted the responsibility of assembling this parting shot a month ago. That month was quickly overtaken with Halo 2, lackluster action flicks, seasonal brews, and the occasional, half-assed academic pursuit. After ignoring several polite e-mails warning against the impending deadline, I decided to finally just sit down and write the damn thing. Open a “Document1.” Hmm. Did I even learn anything in college? Did I have an emblematic experience that shaped me? Alt-tab to Pine. Pressing...
...industrial park” moreso than “the Harvard of the future.” Harvard is trying to weave a narrative for its shining new campus: it wants to tell the world that the inegalitarian and stuffy old New England college of the past is being overtaken by the open and cosmopolitan university of the future. It wants to show the world that Harvard isn’t all pedigree, but promise and progress as well. Yet it cannot successfully burst into the 21st century by denying its heritage and aesthetic. An intrinsic part of Harvard?...
Sometime in the next few years, Mexico will pass Canada as the U.S.'s top trading partner. Hispanics have overtaken African Americans as the country's largest minority, the swing vote to woo, the constituency to grab. If Presidents George W. Bush and Vicente Fox manage to solve the problems of two countries that need each other but don't completely trust each other, the American Century could give way to the Century of the Americas and the border might as well have disappeared altogether...