Word: outdid
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Argentina's Minister of Education, Dr. Oscar Ivanissevich has a habit of dropping into classrooms around the country to deliver homespun lectures on the greatness of his boss, President Juan Perón. Last week, in a broadcast aimed at all the nation's schools, Ivanissevich outdid himself...
This would have been praise enough, but the girls outdid themselves...
...rest of the country. It seemed unlikely that Eastern critics would duplicate the West Coast raves ("The ultimate in TV comedy," cried the Los Angeles Mirror). Variety complained of Wynn's "vintage jokes and facial contortions," and commented acidly: "If he was trying to imitate Milton Berle he outdid him by staying in camera range longer...
...loving Princess Margaret marked her 19th birthday with a tea party at Balmoral Castle in Scotland while the Empire outdid itself in showering her with gifts and congratulatory messages, forwarded from London by helicopter...
...Murphy was an $8,500-a-year assistant U.S. attorney, and an unknown. Throughout most of the trial his conduct had been pedestrian and plodding. Now, in his summation, he surprised everyone. He marshaled his facts impressively. He matched sarcasm with Stryker, and outdid him. When he was through, the issue was no longer Hiss's word against Chambers'; it was Hiss's word against an impressive structure of evidence...