Word: outdid
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...special session of Congress, the galleries were packed by smartly dressed members of the Chilean Federation of Women's Clubs (FECHIF). Congressmen outdid themselves with promises. But promises were not enough for Mitty González, FECHIF's honorary president, or for her old friend Anita Figueroa, FECHIF's executive president. Warned Anita: "If the bill isn't passed soon, we'll have broken glass in the streets...
Most-played violin piece: Bach's Chaconne from the Partita, in D Minor, which was sawed out 17 times in 109 violin recitals. Statistician Perkins found violinists more venturesome than pianists in programming contemporary music, but noted that both outdid orchestras in repeating war horses. The hardest-worked symphony of the season was a surprise: it was neither Beethoven's nor Tchaikovsky's Fifth, but Mozart's Symphony No. 41 (K.551), the "Jupiter...
...manners became fashionable in big-time tennis after World War I. Suzanne Lenglen and Big Bill Tilden set the style -and the pace. One day on the French Riviera, so the story goes, a hot-tempered Austrian almost outdid everybody when he won a tournament; openly sneering at the tiny silver trophy that was presented to him, he set it down in midcourt and squashed it flat with a roller. Last week, in Paris, tomboyish Patricia Canning Todd, No. 4 among U.S. women players, did her bit to keep the tradition alive...
...three forward lines outdid themselves in speed and effectiveness, giving back more than they took from the somewhat over-physical Elis. Play was rugged all the way, with 15 penalties dished out by the scrupulous referee...
Industrious H.A.A. officials outdid themselves in drawing up the weekend sports agenda, slating five major games in the Blockhouse, Arena, and Garden Saturday afternoon and evening. Discriminating sports fans will have trouble choosing on which grandstand to park themselves and their dates during the event-packed...