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Some ideas have dramatically more impact than others – they may overturn existing paradigms or launch new areas of scientific inquiry.

It is not clear how many criminals might try to overturn existing convictions, alleging they resulted from illegal racial profiling.

A few days ago, I wrote that the "paranoid style" has been a continual temptation and danger for modern conservatives (whom Hofstadter called "pseudo-conservatives," owing to their radicalism in wanting to overturn existing laws and institutions).

But, after the brilliance of Bruce Norris's Clybourne Park at the Royal Court, which dealt with the intersection of property and race, this 2010 piece by Lisa D'Amour, originally seen at Chicago's Steppenwolf theatre, seems familiar stuff: a spasmodically amusing variation on the theme of the disruptive newcomers who overturn existing order.

She opposes, however, a proposal to prohibit registered sex offenders from residing within a quarter-mile of homes for the elderly, worrying that it could be used to overturn existing residency requirements prohibiting sex offenders from living near schools, parks and day care centers.

By George Packer March 27, 2009 A few days ago, I wrote that the "paranoid style" has been a continual temptation and danger for modern conservatives (whom Hofstadter called "pseudo-conservatives," owing to their radicalism in wanting to overturn existing laws and institutions).

Jesus overturned existing law about sin, the Sabbath, the afterlife and many other matters.

There is fame to be found in overturning existing belief and finding counterintuitive effects, so people are biased towards attempting studies where the null hypothesis represents existing belief.

Despite such successes — including passage of measures in four states last fall either legalizing same-sex marriage or overturning existing bans — same sex-unions remain illegal in most of the country.

His call for a people's revolution, overturning existing financial and political institutions, has united – unexpectedly – some Greens, the remaining Communists, various Trotskyists, and the anti-globalist "alternative" left.

Investigators found that federal agencies had pursued a "dysfunctional" communications strategy during the spill, with administration officials overturning existing protocols and exerting final authority over all public communications related to the spill response.