Word: supplanted
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Chris Van Allsburg is a magic realist whose haunting illustrations are full of silence and mystery -- perhaps too much mystery for his slender narratives. In The Stranger (Houghton Mifflin; $15.95), 15 autumnal watercolors all but supplant the story of a nameless figure knocked down by a farmer's pickup. He recuperates at the farm, mute but helpful. As long as the mysterious man is present, the farmer's fields stay green, while all around them leaves turn the color of fire. Winter comes only when the stranger departs. Every year thereafter, the frosty windows bear a Delphic message...
...quite so conservative as he is sometimes depicted. So was the Pope's bow toward ecumenism last week when he led worship with a group of non- Catholic observers that he had invited. In a significant maneuver during the closing hours, the delegates defeated a bid to supplant the current committee of bishops, who are to plan the next synod. That group includes many noted progressives. Topic of that synod: the laity's role...
...real people." This month they got their chance. They are filming a TV movie about two famed undercover Prohibition agents, Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith. The two ham it up in the disguises used by the flamboyant peace officers, though no one pretends the parts will supplant their earlier incarnations. Ralph, by the way, plays Izzy, and Ed plays...
Officials of Rye, N.Y.-based Dictaphone, whose roots go back to a company founded by Alexander Graham Bell, figure Picocassettes will find a niche in the $285 million dictation market. They do not think the system will supplant existing equipment but say that the tiny tapes will be useful for executives on the road...
Many "women's" jobs have historically paid less than "men's" jobs. But correcting these differentials through comparable-worth rulings will substantially alter the workings of the labor market, allowing theoretical calculations and arbitrary rulings by a new tier of bureaucrats to supplant the forces of supply and demand. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights last month rejected comparable worth, saying it would lead to "a radical reordering of our economic system." Nevertheless, it has already been adopted, at least in principle, by Minnesota and New York. In addition, studies are under way in 25 other states to determine...