Word: superiority
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...Most of the insurgents, particularly their key leadership cadre, do not, however, appear to have stood and fought. Instead, they behaved as guerrillas typically do when confronting overwhelmingly superior firepower by simply dispersing to attack elsewhere. A number stayed behind, some no doubt on promises of "martyrdom" and lionization in a kind of insurgent "Alamo" mythology. These men appear to have been mostly Iraqis - the U.S. commander in Iraq, General George Casey, said Monday that of the more than 1,000 men captured in the fight for the city, only 15 are confirmed foreign fighters...
...frankly that was the only way to describe it. The Crimson was clearly superior in every facet of the game—offense, defense, special teams and coaching. Harvard left no doubt in the minds of all those who made it out to Franklin Field on Saturday as to which was the better team...
...When we played Princeton last time, we definitely didn’t show up as well as we can,” said freshman outside hitter Laura Mahon. “But I think we’re a superior team, and it should make a difference being home and being better prepared...
...Middlesex County Superior Court judge dismissed last week a former Harvard employee’s suit that faulted the University for its response to an assault the plaintiff alleges occured at the Law School Library three years...
...turn, strengthens the institution of the presidency by bestowing upon the winner a legitimacy he would otherwise lack. (After all, no presidential candidate has received a majority of the popular vote since former president George H. W. Bush garnered a slim 53 percent in 1988.) Still, there is a superior solution that combines popular voting with a majority winner: instant runoff voting (IRV), in which voters rank candidates instead of just voting...