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Word: outswim (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Scarcely more than a year ago Superman was just a comic-strip nobody from an obscure planet called Krypton. Now, as almost every kid in the U. S. (and many a grownup) well knows, Superman is THE man to have around in a 1940 pinch. He can outswim a torpedo, outfly an airplane, outdistance a streamliner train, outrun a speeding automobile, punch his way through armor plate. Also he can get down to brass tacks as Clark Kent, reporter, write superscoops for his paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: H-O Superman | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

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