ascendancy

• One trend that's making a comeback with the Obama ascendancy is the need for smart folks not to regulate the Net per se, but to, you know, come up with better rules that will help make sure that everything that's so super-duper about cyberspace stays that way (see Jonathan Zittrain's The Future of the Internet for a taste of this argument). —  Libertarian Blog Place
• The tragedy of Sudra ascendancy is that many Sudra communities in that phase very soon realize the difficulty of beating the upper castes in the realm of culture, public visibility, media, educational institutions, services and in fact try to imitate the upper castes rather than compete with them. —  Kafila
• Her political ascendancy is a direct result of the women's movement, which has changed the world utterly for women of all persuasions.
• China is on the ascendancy, and other economic centres including, India and Russia, pose serious threats to US imperialism. —  Political Affairs Magazine
• The liberal ascendancy is already becoming a liberal complacency. —  Webloggin

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