Word: outclassed
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...such stuff are the women made that fall under Guedalla's category of "real." Three more are, maliciously, "ideal"-the wives of Swinburne, de Goncourt, and Henry James (he, of course, runs away from his on the first day of the honeymoon). But the "real" outclass the "ideal" in artistic creation, and prove "the skittish muse of intimate biography," Clio's charming handmaiden...
...have been given a Ritz. Atlantic City is flashy, yet is permitted a Ritz. Last week it became known that one other city in the U. S. would achieve this monumental seal on its civic success. There was some doubt, however, which city this would be, that would outclass Berlin and cast shame on Tokyo. It might be Chicago. It might more probably be Los Angeles...
...profits were inconstant. Burlesque competition, movie competition, changing conditions in the whole amusement business forced changes. Colored shows, straight dramatic shows, strange hybrids he added to his wheel. Yet, owing to enmity of the Mutual, the gamble grew for each. Sam Scribner decided to stop trying to outclass the field and absorb it. This done, he becomes chairman of the United Burlesque board, will now devote much of his time to golf. President of the new combine will be able "Izzie" Herk, long a leader in the business, since 1922 head of the opposing Mutual Circuit...
...made a number of spectacular dashes up the ice only to be checked at the hands of the Crimson backs. McCarthy for the Amherst men was everywhere, and seconded by Mansell, rover and coach on the visiting seven, headed a scoring combination which seemed to outclass for a time the University...
...There are several different respects in which the Blue are superior to the Harvard Freshmen. Their ends are excellent. They outclass anything Harvard has to offer. Also, they have a speedy, hard-hitting backfield that will be hard to stop. How great a success the team has against Harvard will depend largely on the extent to which the line improves...