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There are other profound differences between the two longtime rivals who have been tussling over territory and pre-eminence since before the Turks conquered Constantinople in 1453.

Turkey's Tough Lessons for Greece: Cut Spending and Retool Economy Marc Champion 2011

Morgan Stanley snagged the coveted "lead-left" position on the filing with regulators, signaling its pre-eminence on the deal.

Facebook Banks On Traditional Approach 2012

Like a losing coach on "Friday Night Lights," he sets out to create a playbook for restoring the U.S. to economic pre-eminence, so that he might return to China a decade hence, find his Chinese nemesis, mention America's economy and, as he puts it, "extend my thumb, pointing upward."

Catching Up, Getting Ahead Alan Murray 2011

America will no longer dominate the economic neighborhood ... will no longer be able to display its military prowess in everyone else's neighborhood and just expect people to salute our pre-eminence.

Steve McSwain: New Rules For The Global Neighborhood Steve McSwain 2011

But the head winds facing Russia, and Mr. Putin's pre-eminence, are growing.

Putin Receives a Wake-Up Call From Voters Andrew Peaple 2011

Call it mercantilism, call it the betrayal of the market, but the historical reality is this: Start-up incentives including the Interstate highway system, to mention just one trillion-dollar gift to oil are what brought on petroleum's pre-eminence.

Jed Horne: Senator Vitter Discovers Adam Smith Jed Horne 2011

Call it mercantilism, call it the betrayal of the market, but the historical reality is this: Start-up incentives including the Interstate highway system, to mention just one trillion-dollar gift to oil are what brought on petroleum's pre-eminence.

Jed Horne: Senator Vitter Discovers Adam Smith Jed Horne 2011

Thus does the world really cast off men's souls, and recognizing only their bodies, it makes it appear as if “that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts, even one things have all one breath, so that a man hath no pre-eminence over a beast, for all is vanity.” ...

Bring Back Dies Irae 2009

Call it mercantilism, call it the betrayal of the market, but the historical reality is this: Start-up incentives including the Interstate highway system, to mention just one trillion-dollar gift to oil are what brought on petroleum's pre-eminence.

Jed Horne: Senator Vitter Discovers Adam Smith Jed Horne 2011

In fact, Section Four can become a powerful hammer for the budget hawks if Congress simply reclaims its constitutional pre-eminence in the borrowing process.

The Constitution and the Debt-Ceiling Debate David B. Rivkin Jr. 2011