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Word: overtook (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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BESTSELLING CIGARETTE is Pall Mall, according to Printers' Ink survey. Pall Mall overtook Camel, which dropped to No. 2. Salem moved up from seventh in 1959 to sixth, Marlboro from tenth to ninth. The 1960 order: Pall Mall, Camel, Winston, Lucky Strike, Kent, Salem, Chesterfield, L & M, Marlboro, Viceroy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock: Jan. 2, 1961 | 1/2/1961 | See Source »

...minnow from Berkeley, who turned in the most stunning performance of the meet. Trailing World Record-holder Sylvia Ruuska by two strokes in the last lap of the exacting 400-meter individual medley (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle). Donna summoned a last burst of speed, overtook 18-year-old Sylvia in the final yards, broke the world record by almost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Five in the Pool | 7/25/1960 | See Source »

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