Word: overtook
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After some intrasquad challenge matches at the end of last week, the Harvard seedings had a new flavor to them. Sophomore Joel Kirsch overtook the No. 1 spot for only the second time this year, bumping co-captain Tal Ben-Shachar to the second seed...
...considered the best-guarded area in the city. Many prominent buildings were damaged, including some of the city's best hotels. Nobody has claimed responsibility, but it is certain that it was the Tamil rebels. We knew a major attack would happen after the government forces overtook Jaffna, the rebels' seat of power last December. There will be pressure on President Chandrika Kumaratunga to increase military operations in the northern part of the country. But that might not be enough. The rebels have the manpower and capability to stage more attacks. And I expect them...
Then on June 16 came the Bosnian army's apparent bid to break the iron ring of Serb artillery that has encircled the city for more than three years. The first reports were of success, and elation overtook even those whose experience seemed to warrant it least. "Victory is ours!" exclaimed Mehmet Gluhic, a worker at Sarajevo's morgue, who tended to 28 bodies the day the offensive started and to 12 the next day. "There will be as many victims as God wishes, but we have proved that we are capable of breaking the resistance of our enemies...
...simplified is the subject though, that the composition and experimentation with the physical nature of the paint and the interaction of texture and color overtook any consideration of thematic interpretation...
...wonder when the agonized conscience which overtook Israel after the massacre in Hebron will be expressed among the Palestinians" said Peretz yesterday...