Word: outdo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...show as he has seen in his 28 years in Congress. The hearing room was jammed with Townsendites and other pension peddlers, for on the committee's schedule was no less a witness than Physician Francis E. Townsend himself. Far more unruly, however, were Congressmen anxious to outdo one another in doing for the old folks. Massachusetts' broadbeamed Republican Allen Treadway, whose State party leaders made an election alliance with the Townsendites, showed what was likely to happen when Congress receives the committee's report. Trying to shout down a group of Democrats, Republican Treadway...
...sketching. With the whole West open, as it had not been to Audubon. and with such latter-day research as Dr. Elliott Coues's massive check list and American Museum of Natural History's 100,000 bird skins, Brasher achieved at least part of his ambition to outdo Audubon: he painted twice as many birds...
...ended with the Bears leading 14-to-7. The second quarter was scoreless, and Redskin rooters moaned when Sam Baugh was pulled out from under four of the larger Bears and was led off the field. In the third period Sam Baugh came back, limping. He then proceeded to outdo himself, successfully passing while running at full speed, while Bears clung to him, while on one knee. Three of these passes, good for a total of 167 yd., were also good for three touchdowns. The Bears meanwhile came back and scored one. One minute before the end of the game...
...last national campaign was greatly confused. . . . Both parties campaigned largely with bait to particular groups and sections. In this confused situation the Republican Party attempted to outdo some of the New Deal baits. As one cynic over stated it, 'It promised every measure of the New Deal but said it would do it cheaper...
...with, avers Author Brown, there is too much muddled sentimentalizing about society's responsibility for the insane. Most patients are the victims of their own ''damn foolishness." Business men (the largest group) at Bloomingdale were there because they were "hogs"' who cracked up trying to outdo Rockefeller. Another big group were reaping the just reward of philandering and boozing. ''Love nests rear nothing but 'cuckoos.' ' Then again, the hit-or-miss breeding of the human race "is largely to blame." His own breakdown occurred in 1929, after directorship of the Museum...