Word: supplanting
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...most impressive thing is that he’s so consistent,” said Chris Menick ’00, most of whose single-season and career rushing marks Dawson rewrote in his sophomore season, or will supplant in the year ahead. “It seems like it’s easy to him. It’s like no defense can stop...
...character politics that played such a prominent role in the 2004 presidential election are damaging not only to the reputations of targeted candidates but also to the American political process as a whole. Character cannot be allowed to supplant policy as the ultimate source of Americans’ decisions about their leaders...
...limping behemoths like Sony have discovered, staying ahead in electronics is a relentless challenge. A host of new technologies on the horizon could disrupt LCD's emergence just as easily as LCD has begun to supplant cathode-ray tubes. And even against existing technologies, Sharp faces a formidable battle. Junzo Masuda, director of iSuppli, a market-research firm in Kyoto, says the real test is how Sharp's big-screen TVs ultimately fare against a technology called plasma display panel (PDP), currently the dominant type of large-screen, flat-panel displays. Sharp may have better technology, but Masuda wonders whether...
...China is also beginning to exert a greater influence on Australian foreign policy. The paths to many of Australia's regional ambitions, including participation in the proposed East Asian Summit and a free trade agreement with China, now pass through Beijing. Ties with China will not supplant Australia's military alliance with the U.S., which is still supported by the great majority of Australians. Differences in political systems and social attitudes also impose a barrier to the sort of easy interaction Canberra enjoys with Washington. But in all sorts of ways, Beijing's voice is being listened to. Foreign Minister...
...political power for nonwhites, but the Botha reforms have helped convince the right wing that the President is not sufficiently aware of die svart gevaar (the black peril). Some political observers believe that in the next general election, to be held within five years, the Afrikaner right wing could supplant the relatively liberal Progressive Federal Party as the largest opposition group in the white Parliament...