Word: supplant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...colossal expense of producing a drug that would be helpful only to a relatively small group of people. Scientists believed at the time that AZT would be effective only for those suffering from full-blown AIDS, and they were confident that more effective AIDS drugs would soon supplant AZT. As a result, the Government invoked the Orphan Drug Act, a law passed in 1983 to give pharmaceuticals makers financial incentives to develop treatments for rare diseases. The law allowed the Government to give Burroughs Wellcome an exclusive seven-year license, to commence when AZT reached the market...
...Americans bet $32 billion with bookies every year, and an additional $17 billion on legal lotteries. Gamblers will always gamble, the states often say when they enter the racket, just before they start advertising for more gamblers. Speaking of myths, legends and lies, the Government's famous plan to supplant Harry the Horse in the bookie business should never have been taken seriously. Harry has always given the customers something that Lotto and OTB never will. Credit...
...waters could be treacherous. The channel space on cable systems is limited, and in most areas CNBC would have to supplant another service to win a spot on the dial. (FNN officials say their channel has been dropped by only a few systems to make room for CNBC.) In addition, the channel's programming, aimed at both hard-core market watchers and ordinary consumers, could be an uneasy mix. Then too there is Ted Turner to deal with. The CNN founder has already fired one loud volley at the competition, denouncing NBC executives as "bozos" and claiming that they started...
...consultative council, that convened in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi last Friday. The 526-member council is composed of representatives from the seven- party mujahedin alliance that operates out of Pakistan and the eight mujahedin parties based in Iran. Their aim is to designate an interim - government that would supplant the Najibullah regime. But last week's meeting, attended by 420 delegates, gave little cause for optimism. The council's session lasted just 40 minutes, then disintegrated into chaos over the question of just how much power should be allocated to the Tehran-based groups. At week...
This procedure would not supplant the other elements of presidential campaigns -- the TV debates, the local appearances, the sound bites. Rather, it would add to the campaign another component designed to allow the discerning voter to gauge what policies the candidate would pursue...