Word: usurper
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...extra child is something they and their entire family may well find destructive. The right to seek an abortion gives women an element of freedom and control over their lives that men have always had. Says NOW'S Eleanor Smeal of those in Washington who would usurp this freedom: "They are getting Government off the backs of Big Business and putting it into the lives of women...
...Crimson had given the Tigers a few tough moments, but Princeton never thought Harvard could usurp the national title from its claws. Not until yesterday, that...
...think we as elected officials should ever be told to mind our own business. I don't think any agency should ever usurp our powers," Vellucci said...
Jiang Qing is not accused of conspiring with Lin Biao, or with other members of the Gang of Four who allegedly planned an armed rebellion to "usurp power" in 1976, when Mao was close to death. Instead, the charges against her focus on her systematic persecution of creative artists during the Cultural Revolution. Among other things, she is accused of hiring 40 people in Shanghai to disguise themselves as Red Guards and ransack the homes of writers and performers. The apparent purpose: to find and destroy letters, photos and other potentially damaging materials on Jiang Qing's early career...
Adjuster Matt Foley blitzed repeatedly, and together with consistent pentration applied by the Crimson's always-impressive defensive line, freed the backfield to ball-hawk and usurp any of the home team's initiatives...