Word: supplanting
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...Congressmen voted on three measures: the already abandoned military-aid proposal, a Democratic alternative providing $14 million for civilian aid and peacekeeping expenses, and a Republican proposal similar to the one adopted in the Senate. The Democratic measure passed its initial vote, 219 to 206. Republicans tried desperately to supplant it with their Administration-approved compromise, and they almost succeeded. When the final tally showed 215 against to 213 for, Minority Leader Robert Michel slammed the back of a chair in disgust; 14 of his Republicans had defected. Said Michel: "We could have won it on our side...
...America and Africa. They insist on cosponsoring with the U.S. any negotiated settlement in the Middle East, while they continue to back the most radical Arab enemies of Israel. In Western Europe, they are trying, by a combination of political blandishment and military blackmail, to diminish and, if possible, supplant American influence. Is that particular aspiration consistent with the principle of superpower equality? Absolutely, say the Soviets. The U.S.S.R. is a European nation; the U.S. is not. Therefore Soviet power "belongs" on the Continent; American power and missiles...
...government is justifiably indignant at what it views as gratuitous interference in its internal affairs. If we indeed agree that foreign based businesses should use their subsidiaries to vigorously oppose South African laws, we implicitly accept the larger premise that one country may attempt to contravene or even to supplant the legal system of any other country if it believes that its own policies are more efficient, fair-minded, or moral. To support this premise would be to promote a particularly contemptible kind of cultural imperialism, and this is precisely the reason why the subsidiaries of multinationals are expected...
Garnick cautioned that leuprolide should not completely supplant traditional treatments...
...Harvey Cox. It emphasizes filial piety, family values (Moon will suggest marriage partners to church members who seek his advice), and respect for the holy man. Moon preaches that contrary to traditional Christian theology, Christ was not meant to be crucified but to marry and father a race to supplant the fallen descendants of Adam...