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Later, Olympian gods usurped Gaia but the sanctuary retained its role.
[ 7 ] Aggressive treatment of distressing symptomatology contributes to overall quality of life and restores to the patient some of the freedom and autonomy usurped by the disease process.
Once the premier opera house in the city, it has been usurped by the Muziek Theater, but still hosts regular performances of visiting and Dutch companies, being home to the Toneelgroep drama group.
While the other papers all call this the centerpiece of Clinton's China trip, the WP claims that Clinton's team thought the televised press conference with Jiang Zemin had usurped this role, and so were downplaying the Beijing speech.
Perhaps that would embarrass him into retiring, having plumbed depths of behavior unworthy of a scout guide, let alone the defense minister of a country on whose role in recovering usurped Arab rights so much hope was pinned."