At about the same time, cheap and cheerful Tesco usurped Sainsbury's position as Britain's top supermarket.
Without many noticing it, though, he is in danger of being usurped by his younger brother.
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LIFFE, and has usurped its dominance of Europe's benchmark bond contract, the German bund future.
Sanogo's soldiers usurped power last week, wresting control of the nation from President Amadou Toumani Toure.
Social media has undoubtedly usurped the internet market with companies like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, among many others.
He says that about 150 years ago the photographer usurped the artist as maker of mainstream images.
Just as laptops usurped desktops, Mobile is becoming the primary all-in-one (TV, gaming, txting, et al.) communication device.
Usurped as the world's largest by neighbouring Qatar, they remain incomparably the most expensive disco glitter balls ever made.
It happened again with the Internet in the 1990s when new competitors usurped laggards too slow to embrace it.
While Clinton has all but usurped the education spotlight, Riley has continued to toil in the background while stepping up his rhetoric.
Fewer holiday cards have been sent and received, Christmas specials seem to be usurped by talent shows and reality TV housewives bickering.
Perhaps most significant is the fact that manufacturing has usurped property as the leading source of wealth for the 1, 000 people listed.
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McIlroy might have usurped Woods as the No. 1 player in the world on the course, but he still badly lags Woods in popularity.
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By sending teams of officials into the investment banks, the Fed has in effect usurped the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as their main regulator.
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The row over Mr Green, which swiftly degenerated into a party wrangle, illustrates how far party loyalty has usurped some MPs' allegiance to Parliament itself.
The less is more more approach is definitely working in the favor of Tumblr which recently usurped WordPress in now having more blog accounts formed.
Lendl, who held the world record for 270 weeks at No. 1 before being usurped by Sampras, appeared in 19 finals but could only win eight.
And, as a final straw, your golden-boy position has been usurped by an even more glamorous and meaningless seat at the board table: the chief technology officer.
Just as the PC usurped the mainframe and set off explosive change in computers, new optical technologies may someday overtake electronics and topple the established telecom order.
He had the legislature hire three constitutional experts, including Harvard's Charles Fried, to argue that the Florida Supreme Court unconstitutionally rewrote Florida law and usurped executive power.
Novartis, the Basel, Switzerland-based maker of branded prescription medicines, had recently usurped Teva's place at the top of the generic heap with the acquisitions of Hexal and Eon.
He has usurped the prerogative of Jehovah himself, claiming it as his right to assign for her a sphere of action, when that belongs to her conscience and her God.
Just remember your boss is completely terrified of being usurped by a 25-year-old with the interpersonal skills of Mark Zuckerburg (and the ability to survive in Manhattan on 50k a year).
By moving beyond touch, Samsung may well have preempted what Apple felt was its own special territory and usurped its role as king of the interface, which is no mean feat.
Reliant's Krivulka wholeheartedly agrees: He points to Forest Labs (nyse: FRX - news - people ) and its blockbuster antidepressant Celexa, which usurped much of Prozac's market share.
Mr Thaksin's supporters also credit him with trying to bring democracy to Thailand. (He convincingly won two elections before being forced into exile.) They believe he was usurped by a conservative, aristocratic establishment.
But their failure to win means the Reds, who were usurped at the top of the table by United on 17 January, have now drawn six of their 13 home games this season.
The arrival of sophisticated competition has usurped their dominance, but the validation of the category by the likes of Google and Amazon could provide the answer, not put the kibosh on its survival.
Heinze quickly won over Manchester United fans after joining from PSG in 2004 but tore his anterior cruciate ligament the following year, prompting Sir Alex Ferguson to sign Patrice Evra, who eventually usurped Heinze at left-back.
Computer people, many of whom have usurped bankers as self-regarding Masters of the Universe, thought that the cable business would accept Microsoft's offer to take over the central nervous system of its infrastructure with due gratitude.
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