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Demands for reform won the support of the emperor, but his notoriously scheming aunt, the Empress Dowager Cixi (Tz’u Hsi), edged him off the throne.
Thompson recently came up with $25 million more for "affordable quality child care" as welfare mothers head to work--$20 million to ensure that the working poor aren't edged out of the subsidized care they count on, and $5 million to increase the supply and quality of overall care.
Perhaps Dr. Ober, too, if I might venture a criticism at this point, has edged beyond the critical angle of irony, cutting it too fine in his approach and thereby risking a literal reading.
Even Schindler's List (1993) edged into the movie-ish.
He edged out his mentor and last year's winner, Dale Earnhardt, by 0.128 seconds.