ascendancy
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And here in the United States, a recurring theme of the Gingrich Ascendancy is that this or that Federal Government program should be turned over to the states.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is the philosophical view, represented by Edgar Gardiner Murphy's "The Basis of Ascendancy."
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 by Various
There arose the evil of "Ascendancy "—the government of a majority by a minority.
From Home Rule Second Edition by Spender, Harold
Ascendancy, then, in the old sense, is a thing of the past.
From The Framework of Home Rule by Childers, Erskine
A champion of Ascendancy appeared in the person of Captain D'Esterre.
From Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell by Anonymous
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