Lifestyle villages are rapidly eclipsing in scale and civic posture earlier, smaller residential-shopping developments like Mizner Place, in Boca Raton, Fla., built in 1988.

Miss Alsogaray is the only daughter of Alvaro Alsogaray, the 75-year-old leader of the Union of the Democratic Center, but she is rapidly eclipsing him as a public figure.

It also provides a vivid example of how the market-driven initiatives of private companies are rapidly eclipsing the Clinton Administration's efforts to create a national "data highway."

Although the letter was initially withheld from public view, some of its contents leaked to the press and the Son of Sam monicker rapidly eclipsed the old name.

But as he left the killing ground behind him, one emotion rapidly eclipsed all others, left him almost giddy as he jogged along the roadside, shoulders hunched to take advantage of the uncut weeds.

Clavijo began his indoor soccer career, which rapidly eclipsed his outdoor career, in 1981 with the New York Arrows of Major Indoor Soccer League.

His earnings were considerable, and rapidly eclipsed the salary of the colony's Surveyor-General.

The railway was a lifeline for another new industry - the coal industry - which was rapidly eclipsing the agriculture which had dominated the area in the 18th century.

The UIC swept out of Mogadishu and linked up with independent courts throughout central Somalia, forging an administration that rapidly eclipsed all other states in Somalia by August 16, 2006.

A microwave oven can turn out a decent baked potato in as little as four minutes, and around Manhattan "zap bakes" are rapidly eclipsing frozen, ready-made diet foods as the single person's dinner at home.