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The sequel to last year’s theatrical delight is, as fans have often said of the second act of the Broadway musical upon which it is based, markedly inferior to its predecessor.

“Or having people see you and expect you to be inferior to others just because of who you are.”

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In its 1857 Dred Scott decision, our nation’s highest court, the Supreme Court, ruled that Colored people were an “inferior and subordinate class of beings” as compared to Whites.

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Xerox created a new, better machine only to have it sell less well than the inferior older ones—until they figured out the salesmen got a bigger commission for selling the older one.

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The trial showed the drug wasn’t inferior to Roche’s approved treatment Ocrevus in delaying the onset of confirmed disability progression over at least 120 weeks of treatment, the company said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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