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Word: outdrawn (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...idle political pledge when Los Angeles Mayor Samuel Yorty threatened: "I haven't let loose on him yet." Yorty's target is City Councilman Thomas Bradley, 51, a black lawyer and former police lieutenant who had outdrawn the mayor 42% to 26% in the April 1 mayoral primary.-With a runoff election next week, Bradley has a sizable lead; a recent poll found voters lined up 52% for Bradley, 35% for Yorty. One result is that Yorty, 59, has been waging a desperate, often venomous campaign against Bradley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Los Angeles: The Bradley Challenge | 5/23/1969 | See Source »

...their worst position in mid-August since 1960. Moreover, the Yanks have always been crowd pleasers because of their legendary heroes. But Mickey Mantle is now 32; he aches in every muscle, and after him, who? Finally, there are those bad neighbors, the Mets. Better to sell than be outdrawn by the Mets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: The Big Eye League | 8/21/1964 | See Source »

...watch the opera and the philosophy lectures that had been broadcast in Pittsburgh that week. One commissioner wanted to know who had watched NBC's Sunday evening summary of the first week of the FCC hearings. Not too many people, Beville grinned-the FCC had been heavily outdrawn by ABC's Maverick and also CBS's Mr. Ed, the talking horse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Under the Spreading FCC | 2/9/1962 | See Source »

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