Word: outdrawn
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...exposure that made her overnight what for eleven years she has clumsily tried to be: a sex symbol. In the past six months, thanks to a sudden ripening of her stage personality, Ann-Margret has made herself a smash hit at the International in Las Vegas and has outdrawn Frank Sinatra at Miami Beach's Fontainebleau...
...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...
...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...
...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...
After seven days, with another week still,to go, Martin & Lewis had outdrawn such favorites as Bob Hope and Frank Sinatra to break the Paramount's record for weekly receipts. The new mark: $150,000. Counting up their own take (50% of the gross, minus salaries for an orchestra and supporting players), the comics found that their hard work had paid them the highest one-week salary in the history of show business...