Mr. Rivers worried that the corporal's father would see him as trying to usurp his role.
Who was this Sonny Werblin to usurp the Church of Halas and snatch the boy away?
Egypt's secular opposition accuses President Morsi of seeking to usurp power - a charge he denies.
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Despite the defeat, Querrey is certain to usurp John Isner as the U.S.'s top-ranked male tennis player.
"In three or four years, you'll see another carrier come out with new seats to usurp United, " he says.
Despite his heroics, it failed to usurp leader Adam Scott, who carded a second round of 65 to go to 10 under.
But Woods, now 36, seems much happier in competition with McIlroy despite the 23-year-old being poised to usurp him as Nike's biggest golf endorsement.
World number one Rafael Nadal is searching for his fifth consecutive title to usurp Borg's record of four in a row, which he currently equals.
Although honey is not about to usurp antibiotics, Dr Simon thinks it should be brought back into conventional medicine and not only to sugar the pill.
Westwood, on the back of helping Europe to Ryder Cup glory on Monday, needs a top-two finish to usurp American Tiger Woods at the top of the rankings.
"We think it sets a dangerous precedent for the government to usurp the role of fiduciaries by placing its thumb on the scale for one kind of investment--index funds, " the groups continue.
And America's friendship with Britain disqualifies it from pressuring the unionists or from taking centre stage in a way that would seem to usurp Britain's role as sovereign power, or harm British national interests.
Meanwhile there are plenty of upcoming players -- like Austria's Barbara Schett, Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova and American Ashley Harkleroad -- aspiring to usurp Kournikova as the glamour girl of women's tennis while adding victories to the equation.
Does someone from host city A have a long-standing friendship with a site selection committee member for event B, and if so, is that relationship strong enough to usurp the economic, financial, and logistical considerations raised above?
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None of the sycophants has produced a single quote from any supporter or detractor of the 14th amendment to support the notion that it was intended to give the executive branch the authority to usurp Congressional jurisdiction from the Congress.
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The manner of Rossi's triumph was only overshadowed by the way he risked life and limb to usurp his young team-mate for pole position on Saturday on a saturated ice rink of a circuit that had already caused nine crashes.
Labour's David Whitton accused Finance Secretary John Swinney of trying to "usurp the rights of the parliament" by taking powers to allow ministers to do what they wanted with public bodies.
My thought was the Ray agenda was to first usurp Frank Gibeau and then later John Riccotello as CEO.
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America has a choice either to be increasingly rendered a mere bystander, letting political correctness usurp progress or to emerge from the shadows of its super-power status and take a firm stand in the international energy arena.
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But at least the necessary four Justices decided there were grounds to weigh in on fairly narrow legal questions: Did the Florida Supreme Court usurp the power of the state legislature by allowing hand counts to continue past the legal deadline?
Westwood, who carded a two-under-par 70 at Kingsbarns to lie four off the lead, would usurp Tiger Woods as world number one with a top-two finish.
Using a herbicide to control weeds--especially in the initial growing stages--is vital to the health of a crop, because weeds usurp water, nutrients and space.
This often means that local elites usurp a disproportionate share of those resources, and that individuals have little incentive to maintain and upgrade forests or agricultural land.
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