The information revolution has consigned that role of the state to the dustbin of history along with the old Soviet party.
And, despite a military budget larger than most of the rest of the world combined, the Pentagon and Barack Obama are basically consigned the role of onlookers, cautiously kibitzing from the side, occasionally trying to influence things.
Orange does not sing lead on any of the group's big hits – it was even a news story when he was allowed to sing on a B-side in 2009 – being consigned to the role of dancer.
After a year in the firing line, he had been dropped, replaced between the sticks by Wayne Hennessey and consigned to the role of a frozen spectator on the substitutes' bench.
Anti-miscegenation laws and the outright racism of 1930s Hollywood – one studio deemed her "too Chinese to play a Chinese" – consigned the Asian-American actor to supporting roles.
The Champions League is a tough, unforgiving competition and Manchester City, once again, have been consigned to the role of jealous onlooker.
Pennington completed passes to six receivers, with Santana Moss, who had been almost exclusively consigned to the role of deep threat, catching 5 passes for 62 yards, from an 8-yard slant to a 20-yard strike over the middle.
Since his death, in 1966, Thompson has been consigned to the role of "flipped-out black junkie genius"; but the romance that developed around the tragedy of his life has prevented his work from being seen for what it is.
"I ask the French public to stay behind us and to believe in us, and we'll try to make them happy," said Patrice Evra, the new French captain now that the star striker Thierry Henry has been consigned to the role of substitute.
"I ask the French public to stay behind us and to believe in us, and we'll try to make them happy," said Patrice Evra, the new France captain now that the iconic striker Thierry Henry has been consigned to the role of substitute.
Now that the Palestinians were no longer cast as the collective enemy, he suggested, the Orthodox had been consigned to this role.Mr Grossman's denunciation came in response to criticism levelled against Amos Oz, A.B. Yehoshua and himself, Israel's three best-known authors, for joining the Movement for Reform Judaism.
