Word: exceed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...high jump record on the moon, if athletes could perform there with the same energy and efficiency as on the earth, would exceed...
...this was fine news for Russia in 1935, except that one of Communism's great talking points has always been against Capitalism's technique of "the speed-up." As usually described by Communists, the Capitalist bosses incite crack workers to exceed normal production, get the whole shop working faster to keep up, exhaust and exploit their workers. Throughout Russia proletarians sensed that the disguised State Capitalism of Dictator Stalin, which has already forced piecework upon Russians, is now bent upon the speed-up disguised as "Stakhanovism...
...committee arranging Harvard's celebration of its tercentenary next September must do exceedingly well to exceed their predecessors of 1886 in the distinction of the company and the dignity of the occasion. The record of the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the college's founding contains an impressive list o notables. It is headed by President Grover Cleveland, who, it is said, declined an honorary degree because he did not feel that as a non-college man, he was rightly entitled...
...common pinhead (1/12 in.) possesses nearly 4,000 times the volume of a human egg. One can compute further that all the eggs needed to replace the present population of the world could be held in a derby hat, whereas the sperm to fertilize them would not exceed the volume of a fairly small pill...
...mean temperature of Mars is 48 degrees Fahrenheit, a temperature which has great fluctuations from summer to winter. Severe as these are, they do not exceed those of Northern Canada in the Yokon district. Thus weather conditions did not preclude life...