transitive, intransitive , reflexive , equestrianism ) Of a horse: to strike the heel of a forefoot with the toe of a hindfoot. [from 16th c.] The British Empire would not have endured so long had it not been for a discreet sense of moderation in its rulers, generation after generation. The coolness displayed towards the colonies by successive British Governments has at least prevented the empire-builders from overreaching themselves. declining superpower, one China was well on its way to supplanting. Internationally, China began to act more belligerently with its neighbors. Internally, circumstances have enabled Xi Jinping to consolidate more power than any leader since Mao Zedong.

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Wood therefore cannot, in equity, be permitted to proceed in his ejectment suit, to recover possession of the land under the title he has acquired from the state, by the attorney general's sale, and which at law overreaches the complainant's title. Reshaping [of British Railways] was far from perfect. It was tainted by statistical overreach, the unconscious biases of its author, and by the political demands being placed upon the BRB by government. equestrianism ) Of a horse: an act of striking the heel of a forefoot with the toe of a hindfoot; an injury caused by this action. overreach, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2004; “ overreach, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. It may not be much of a stretch to say that there had always been something comforting about the earlier periods of judicial activism. [...] Ideology aside, one may concede that such Supreme Court activism was far less frightening in its institutional overreach than a wholesale creation of new and public law by the judicial branch would be.

In the course of the [card] game, he so far over-shot the mark as to give her instructions to overreach the others at play; and here the important "still small voice" whispered, "what! if God should call thee to judgment at this moment?" What is essentially beneficial to one party is materially detrimental to another: they have been enemies before, and may be enemies again: so that they are constantly endeavouring to overreach each other by some separate advantage, and serious causes of animosity and dissension are perpetually arising. expand soft and hard power abroad. Prior to the global financial crisis in 2008, China seemed willing to engage with domestic and international issues in a constructive manner. Following the crisis, however, power dynamics shifted, and so, too, did China's approach. It began to view the U.S. as a Listened to the audiobook. Would have given a higher rating, but the book is full of Chinese names and terms while the audiobook reader doesn't even try to come close to pronouncing those names and terms correctly. I don't expect perfect pronunciation of a foreign language, but here it's bad to a degree that it becomes confusing to the listener. Don't understand why she didn't receive any instruction on how to pronounce those words.

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I from the influence of thy looks receave / Acceſs in every Vertue, in thy ſight / More wiſe, more watchful, ſtronger, if need were / Of outward ſtrength; while ſhame, thou looking on, / Shame to be overcome or over-reacht/ Would utmoſt vigor raiſe, and rais'd unite. c) A country that gives brownie points to citizens who don’t jay walk using social media and high-powered facial recognition technology? collapse in relations. Military flashpoints have increased in number and frequency, and rather than acting as trade partners, the two countries view economic competition in zero-sum terms. As Shirk notes, China and the United States have become so fearful of one another that they are weaponizing

And it is one of the great ironies of history that instead of building a workers’ paradise, China’s social architects have built a Walmart paradise. The verb is from Middle English overrechen ( “ to rise above; to extend beyond or over; to encroach; to catch, overtake; to reach; to obtain wrongfully (?); to take up (a book) to revise it ” ) [ and other forms ] , [1] equivalent to over- +‎ reach; [2] the noun is derived from the verb or from the phrase to reach over. [3] Pronunciation [ edit ] Relations between China and the United States have deteriorated to the point that, in Susan Shirk's assessment, we are now fully embroiled in Cold War II. Combining her decades of research and experience, Shirk, one of the world's most respected experts on Chinese history and policy, focuses on this The noted conservative economist delivers arguments both fiscal and political against social justice initiatives such as welfare and a federal minimum wage. their interdependence. Not even the common threat of the COVID-19 pandemic could convince them to coordinate their efforts.

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b) A country so corrupt that the new bridge built for a state of the art high-speed train collapses within a couple years because its builders opted to use low-grade concrete and pay out enormous bribes to get the contract?While Shirk doesn’t go quite this far, it is both ironic and fitting that Xi’s prdecessors, incl. Hu Jintao and Jang Zemin, ultimately built governments of such self-dealing and logrolling it would have made the bureaucracies of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush blush with shame. Compare “ overreach, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2004; “ overreach, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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When American society finally collapses under the combined weight of massive foreign debt, military overreach, and internal decadence, [Gary] North and his followers at Tyler hoped to have a network of churches ready to step into the breach. Fascinating but a handful of details of history that are obfuscated in this book but clearly highlighted and detailed in other books left me wondering ‘Why?’ The hunter's [ i.e., hunting horse's] legs should be washed with warm water, carefully examined for thorns, overreaches, &c., and the legs should be rubbed dry, and well hand rubbed, by which means a free circulation of the blood will be promoted. transitive, intransitive ) To reach above or beyond, especially to an excessive degree. [from 14th c.] Synonyms: see Thesaurus: transcend

transitive , archaic ) To get the better of, especially by artifice or cunning; to outwit. [from 16th c.] At the risk of making Xi the bogeyman, one has to ask, in all fairness and with a straight face, what really is “socialism with Chinese characteristics?” The conclusion is worth reading for the constructive policy recommendations for the United States, namely that the U.S. should: A key observer of China provides a detailed account of that nation’s political transformation under its current leaders.