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...want to?ignore. Both Sydneysiders and tourists flock downtown to enjoy the show. This is the night that the city's straights cheer on the queer population, as it flaunts outrageous costumes, passion and politics. Marching routines and floats are worked on for months, in an attempt to outdo the previous year's offerings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Celebrate Mardi Gras Down Under | 3/4/2002 | See Source »

...having fun with this film, and the enthusiasm is contagious. After the recent release of The Closet, the new standard for French comedy seemed impossibly high, but Amélie raises the bar once again. It’s hard to believe that Jeunet will ever be able to outdo himself—but if he teams up again with Tautou and Kassovitz, consider the result a must...

Author: By Thomas J. Clarke, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Matchmaker, Matchmaker | 11/2/2001 | See Source »

Some have declared that such behavior will mark the end of the Hamptons as New York's "it" vacation spot--a constant prediction over the past decade. But the Hamptons is not only famous for attracting people who try to outdo each other in opulence; it also draws people who love to complain about a place they can't stop visiting. Manhattan ad exec Neilan Tyree, 42, says the Grubman fiasco shows how unpleasant the Hamptons has become since his youthful summers. It is now, he says, like "Los Angeles without a job. Greenwich, Connecticut, on crystal meth." Of course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rage Of The Hamptons | 7/23/2001 | See Source »

...When TFing, especially at a place like Harvard, you always get one or two kids in your section who are very bright and try to outdo...

Author: By Camberley M. Crick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Student TFs Balance Friendships, Fairness | 5/3/2001 | See Source »

...Definitive Beat” is anything but. Clearly an attempt to outdo Leftfield at its own game, it fails, and miserably at that. While Leftfield’s pulsating “Phat Planet” is a listenable, likable tune suffused with kinetic joy and drenched in brilliant shades of electronic tones, Mirwais’ own entry resembles nothing so much as a broken record, mindlessly churning out the same garbage ad nauseam. The vital energy is lacking, leaving nothing behind but a sparse wasteland of broken notes...

Author: By Marcus L. Wang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: C’est Mal: Frenchman Mirwais Flops | 4/6/2001 | See Source »

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