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Both sides agree that the private property of any individual would not be seized or usurped, except permitted by the laws.

at a time when few true geisha were able to work the counterfeit geisha usurped the meaning of the word in the eyes of many foreigners.

ON LOVE: One mom writes that the men in her daughters' lives could feel "powerless, " and that "their role as provider has been usurped. "

I dared hardly lift my eyes from the page before me, that melancholy scene so instantly usurped its place.

Madrid's ARCO fair used to be the most important fair for South and Latin American galleries but it has been usurped by Miami.

The authority to declare war is given to Congress, not the president, but that authority has been steadily usurped ever since World War II.

But Liguria's position will be usurped over the next two decades by formerly Communist regions of Germany.

The expression 'social engineering'has been usurped by the Utopianist without a shadow of light.

My noble half-brother whose throne I usurped will be killed, not kept anonymously imprisoned in a forgotten cell of my dungeon.

Considered until recently to be the target of selection and the focus of evolution, the individual has been usurped by the gene.

He's made numerous visits to D. C. over the years as Google gradually usurped Microsoft as Washington's antitrust scrutiny target of choice.

Precisely. They have already usurped the magical powers of my people! Who knows what nefarious purposes they intend for this new energy?

rebellion, terrorism, revolution, insurrection, military or usurped power, or civil war, within the Country.

Without many noticing it, though, he is in danger of being usurped by his younger brother.

Wine-bottle corks have been steadily usurped by cleaner, more convenient caps and the impact of this shift is massive, writes Lucy Siegle.

It was not long before the party usurped the workers' soviets and banned an independent press and justice system.

From that position, he "usurped the name and credit of the Al Gosaibi family" , they claim.

The Beijing post is so strategically important, its authority is routinely usurped by Washington.

Bahrain, which usurped Beirut as the region's financial hub in the 1980s, had been left trailing by Dubai.

The technology sector continues to hog the limelight, but Google, the top- ranking brand four years running, has been usurped by Apple.

In other cities, the open spaces have been usurped by commerce - tent markets which fill every inch town square.

rebellion, terrorism, revolution, insurrection, military or usurped power, or civil war.

The advantage of centralization of authority totally avoided of being usurped by insides.

Our government was usurped by the central bankers and the power elite in 1913 with the establishment of the federal reserve.

But it fumbled the transition to smaller machines in the personal-computer era, and the throne was usurped by Microsoft.

The G8 claimed to be an informal discussion club, but the G20 has usurped power over global financial governance.

China usurped it as the world's second-biggest economy in the second quarter of this year.

The dynasty lasted more than two hundred years until Wang Mang usurped the throne of Emperor Xiao Ping.

It will especially ring true for those with younger siblings who may be scared that their position in the family will be usurped.

All the tendencies are for us to lose, and have greater and greater amounts of our liberty usurped by government.

If Facebook is too conservative, it risks being usurped by fast-growing upstarts.

Has the world arrived at one of those giant inflexion points, we asked, where one Web era is usurped by another?

One thing, however, is clear: the dainty sponge of British tradition has been usurped.

In Khabarovsk his statue is back on the pedestal that Lenin usurped.

He usurped power by contemptible measures.

In 581, Yang Jian usurped the throne of Northern Zhou, and established the Sui Dynasty.

When they disobeyed they usurped the right that was not theirs!

Sanrio is also being usurped by smaller, nimbler rivals.

However, Tian Chengzi someday killed the King of Qi and then usurped his throne.

Within 40 years, after two costly world wars and economic mismanagement, it became a net debtor and the dollar usurped sterling's role.

A white, dull light fell from a large window, with tiny panes, on the left, which usurped the whole width of the room.

Henry IV usurped the throne of England.

China usurped Japan's No. 2 ranking in the world economy last year.

he referred to the young fellow whose place he had usurped that day

rebellion, revolution, insurrection, or military or usurped power, or civil war,

Products that bear forged place of production, or forged or usurped name and address of other producer;

He usurped his boss's authority step by step