Word: wrest
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...opposition Christian Democratic Union rocked by scandals and searching for a new leader, things seem to be going well for Germany's Social Democratic Party. Perhaps too well. The Social Democrats rode the wave of the centrist "Third Way" politics that swept Western Europe in the late 90s to wrest control from the CDU in 1998 and end Helmut Kohl's 15-year reign as chancellor. Now Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is enjoying high approval ratings and the weakened CDU isn't even opposing the Social Democrats in two key upcoming state elections. But the Social Democrats' top brass weren...
...Costner tends to wrest control over films away from his directors. How legitimate is the concept of artistic vision in filmmaking today...