Word: outdo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Third World Convention was given by Rev. Dr. Samuel Geiss Trexler, 58, of Manhattan. Said he: "The church is too much in the care of older men. The church becomes too conservative and is prone to lose the sympathy of the younger generation." Urging that the church outdo Communists in pronouncing against war, Dr. Trexler deftly drew a parallel to make conservatives squirm: "Christ, seeing young Communists helping to cast out the devil of war, would again say, Forbid them not, as he did when John said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbade...
...most women pilots, the prime ambition of testy little Laura Ingalls is to outdo the famed exploits of tousle-headed Amelia Earhart Putnam. Since last April Miss Ingalls, trying extra hard, has concentrated on the long-standing Earhart non-stop record across the U. S. from West to East. Her first attempt fizzled in Colorado, her next in Indiana. Disgruntled, she tried her hand at non-stop flying from East to West, was the first woman to succeed at it (TIME, July 22). Last week, she was again ready to tackle the West-East flight...
...ambition: to outdo Amelia Earhart...
...shape than the Chattanooga paper when Adolph Ochs bought it. It had only 9,000 circulation, owed $300,000 and was losing $1,000 every day. Against it was not only Bennett's Herald but also Pulitzer's World and Hearst's Journal, each trying to outdo the other in yellowness. Then it was that Adolph Ochs introduced to New York the editorial formula which was to shape the journalistic standards of the entire country. With his new-coined slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print," he announced a "clean, dignified and trustworthy" newspaper...
...home stretch, he praised Tasmanian woodsmen for sawing through a 6 ft. 4 in. block of wood in 31 sec., beamed at Sydney's effort to outdo Melbourne's hospitality with a portrait of himself in fireworks 70 ft. high, and helped New South Walesmen round up 300 kangaroos...