The coalition won power in 1995, dislodging the Congress Party, which had long ruled Maharashtra.

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For Apple, the endgame, of course, is selling more hardware, not dislodging Microsoft as a software monopoly.

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That will only be scant consolation to the Democrats, however, who will still face the daunting task of dislodging a mighty Republican majority of 49 in the House of Representatives.

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It all began in May, when Mr Temaru's coalition, the Union for Democracy, unexpectedly emerged victorious at the polls, dislodging Mr Flosse from his long incumbency and setting off alarm bells in Paris.

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To be honest, the Creative Zen Micro or the Rio Carbon are probably the only players that have a shot at dislodging the iPod mini from its lofty perch (and even that's thinking optimistically).

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With frustration growing in the field, Pietersen produced one sharply spinning off-break that almost squeezed through Sarwan, but it looked as though the closest England would come to dislodging the Guyanese was when he crashed a drive painfully into his inside leg.

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Dislodging Craigslist from its place atop the ad market would be hard even without litigation because classified advertising is a classic example of network effects: Craigslist gets so many listings because people know it is the leading site, so their ad will be widely seen.

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De Villiers was again reprieved by Harper on an lbw appeal shortly afterwards, but this time the ball was clearing over the stumps and there could be few complaints, although luck remained on the batsman's side - the ball spun on to his stumps but rebounded without dislodging the bails.

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