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Word: outplay (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Both Harvard and Columbia enter the match with 4-0 record. The Crimson must rely on good Bill Meyers and center half Solomon Gomez to outplay their Columbia counterparts...

Author: By Robbert W. Gerlach, | Title: Booters Open Ivy Season Against Lions; Gomez, Meyers Face Individual Battles | 10/11/1969 | See Source »

...that Adam Clayton Powell is "a Negro who has managed to outplay Whitey at his own game" [Dec. 9] is to encourage the useless emotions of race rivalry. Blaming Adam on the small fraction of Negro heritage he claims and abuses is as inappropriate as blaming the "game" you speak of on Caucasians, for Powell cannot sensibly be considered Negro any more than he can sensibly be considered truly American. The sensitive person of Nordic, African or whatever stock you please places men like Powell in the simple category, "moral garbage," which is a totally integrated system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 23, 1966 | 12/23/1966 | See Source »

...voice that pleases Harlem's voters. In November, though aware of his defiance of the courts, they gave him a twelfth term with 74% of the vote. To them, "Old Adam," preacher, politician and perennial bon vivant, is a supremely satisfying symbol-a Negro who has managed to outplay Whitey at his own game. Still, Powell is so widely detested in the House that precedent may provide him with no pillow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congress: Outlaw in the House | 12/9/1966 | See Source »

Whether the top two players can win or not, the Crimson team should be able to outplay the Indians without much trouble. The Navy team which lost to Harvard 7-2 beat Dartmouth by the same score, and the Indians also dropped a match to a Penn squad the crimson beat earlier in the year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Netmen Favored Against Big Green Today | 5/8/1963 | See Source »

...Yale are the ace squash players. Ralph Howe and Bob Hetherington. Their season records show they're just as good at tennis. Howe meets Frank Ripley, the Crimson's stylist from Palm Springs who has been the team's most consistent winner this season. Vic Niederhoffer will try to outplay and "outpsych" Hetherington...

Author: By Jonathan D. Trobe, | Title: Tennis Team Meets Elis To Decide Second Spot | 5/16/1962 | See Source »

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