Word: usurper
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...ignore any constitutional limits upon its own powers and usurp those reserved to the individual states." The Supreme Court eventually handed down 16 verdicts on major New Deal laws during Roosevelt's first term and ruled against the Administration in eleven of them...
...city council also voted last night to investigate potential parking problems caused by construction Parcel 1B next to the Kennedy School and on University Place. The two developments will usurp much of the available parking in Harvard Square, which has caused complaints from many local merchants...
...round a President. In a major domestic crisis, like the Depression of the 1930s, Congress tends to quit and turn to the President to save the country, says Harlow. But in a moderate-size domestic crisis, such as the one we have now, Congress will, if allowed, obstruct and usurp the President...
Years ago she helped him expand his North Woodmere, N.Y., synagogue from three to 200 families by visiting every Jewish home in the area. Theodore admits it is rare for a woman in Orthodoxy to be a platform celebrity, but sees nothing wrong, so long as she does not usurp the rabbi's role of conducting services...
...album can be divided into three segments; the two sides and the included e.p. "Escapades." The first side provides a pop foundation for later innovation, opening with "Modern Lovers," in which Jeffreys frolicks along the well-travelled path of love's difficulty. At its close he lets the music usurp power from the words and merely chants "L-O-V-E-R-S" over and over, affirming the struggle to love in today's hard times without getting heavy-handed...