Word: usurps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...concern with El Salvador [March 22] should not center on who the guerrillas are, or what their ideology appears to be now, or even how short the current regime falls of our democratic standards. Rather, we must worry about what will surely follow. The Communists will usurp the insurgents' victory, as they did in Cuba. We will have another enemy at our doorstep, and the Salvadoran people will continue to suffer...
...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...