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
Ascendancy, then, in the mind of the ruling class in Ireland was fundamental.
From The Framework of Home Rule by Childers, Erskine
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
Since then there has been no more trouble about Ascendancy.
From Home Rule Second Edition by Spender, Harold
They formed, with Dublin Castle, part of the great machinery of Protestant Ascendancy.
From Home Rule Second Edition by Spender, Harold
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