Word: exceed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...showing that when Yale returned to England, he brought along four of Mrs. Nicks's offspring as his godchildren. One of these was named Elihu. After Yale died in 1721, the young Nickses sued his widow for a portion of his estate that would in any age far exceed the normal expectations of mere godchildren. "Without wishing to cast aspersions on the character of the founder [sic] of Yale University," says Mayor Tibbits, "I cannot help wondering what the real relationship was between him and Mrs. Nicks...
...surface," says he. "We can advance in every direction." Old Story, New Story. The story of the warlike atom is not new-the dark but necessary secrecy, the uncounted billions spent for uncounted numbers of atomic bombs, hydrogen bombs, atomic cannon, nuclear submarines and still-secret devices which may exceed them all in power for ruination. Now the story of the peaceful atom has begun to unfold. Some of the benign works of atomic energy already under...
...world, across the unpredictable Missouri River at Garrison, N.D. Garrison Dam, a project of the Bureau of Reclamation, the Army Engineers and the state of North Dakota, already stands 200 feet high and 2½ miles long; its 70 million cubic yards of earth and stone exceed by 20 times the bulk of Egypt's Great Pyramid. It is scheduled for completion next year...
...Saturday Review, fired off a formal protest to the Interstate Commerce Commission and the New York Public Service Commission listing six specific complaints against McGinnis' operation of the New Haven. Among the charges: trains are so dangerously crowded that passengers must ride in the vestibules; engineers exceed the speed limits trying to make up time lost in slow loading procedures; McGinnis' claim of 89% on-time performance is untrue as far as commuter trains are concerned. By Cousins' own count, only six of 30 trains were on time during one month; most were delayed, some as long...
...survey forecasts a major shift in the nation's foreign-trade position: 1960's imports will exceed exports. Europe will continue to be troubled with a dollar deficit, but the rest of the world will enjoy a dollar surplus...