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Word: outdraw (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...filled attractions are part of a new biblical amusement park called Holyland. Now abuilding on 225 acres outside Mobile, Ala., the $10 million project is the inspiration of a group of businessmen headed by Alabama Entrepreneur Bill Caywood. Apparently convinced that Moses can outdraw Mickey Mouse, Caywood & Co. are confident that when Holyland opens on Palm Sunday 1973 there will be no room at The Inn, a 300-unit lodge on the park grounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Visit Heaven and Hell! | 6/19/1972 | See Source »

With typical Gallic shrewdness, the French calculated that the best way to outdraw the Swiss and Austrian ski resorts was to make a radical departure from the traditional cowbell and cuckoo-clock-village style. They have succeeded in doing just that by carving bold, ultramodern, eminently convenient resorts out of empty mountain space. The most popular resorts-Flaine, Avoriaz, Les Arcs and La Plagne -are located in the Savoie region; generally, the slopes they offer are every bit as formidable as the more famous runs at Kitzbühel and St. Moritz. Crisscrossed with the latest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: White Gold in France | 4/13/1970 | See Source »

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