Word: outdo
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...China, home of the Great Wall, is a crowded country where bigger is usually viewed as better, so it's no surprise that retail-property developers seem to be trying to outdo each other with giant construction projects. The mainland already hosts the world's largest shopping center, the 7 million sq. ft. (650,000 sq m) South China Mall in the southern manufacturing city of Dongguan. Like Golden Resources, South China Mall suffers from a dearth of stores and shoppers. Yet more megamalls are on the way. By 2010, China expects to be home to seven of the world...
...charged on June 1 with plotting to blow up New York City's John F. Kennedy Airport hoped to outdo the attacks of 9/11, according to the complaint filed against them. "Anytime you hit [a] Kennedy, it is the most hurtful thing to the United States," one suspect allegedly told an informant. But the men were amateurs, and the worst their plans might have achieved was not an apocalypse but a fire in a remote part of the airport. Thankfully, authorities foiled the plot before it could get smarter...
...caps A-range grades at 35 percent of all grades given. If such a solution were implemented, however, students would likely shy away from competitive courses and become hypercompetitive when taking such a class is unavoidable. The situation would escalate into an arms race, with students trying constantly to outdo each other in quality and quantity for the few coveted top grades. While academics are one of Harvard’s many strengths, life outside the classroom is often more rewarding and educational, not to mention a welcome change of pace. Furthermore, enforcing grade deflation would undermine the autonomy...
...Port Huron, Michigan Two 14 year-olds plot to kill at least 154 people at school in an attempt to outdo the shooting at Columbine high school. They are stopped after fellow students report them...
...from the 2005 Biennale, Kaldor has more than anyone else shaped Australia's presence at the world's oldest festival of visual arts. "Every city worth its salt wants to have a biennale," says Kaldor, who has attended his fair share since the early '70s. "But they can't outdo Venice. People come to Venice as a tradition. They come to Venice because it's so beautiful. They come to Venice because they'll meet everybody. It becomes like the World Cup of contemporary...