Word: overtook
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...past three years. Nearly 30% of the Air Force spending on the YF-16 would flow to Fort Worth; another large slice would go to the plants in Connecticut and Florida where Pratt & Whitney will build the YF-16s' $1.5 million jet engines. General Dynamics last year overtook Lockheed as the U.S.'s largest defense contractor (total 1974 sales: about $2 billion), but the order comes at a time when the company needs a long-term contract to pick up the slack caused by a dropoff in production of the costly ($16 million each) F-lll swing-wing...
...flat terrain of the last two miles produced few significant developments. Keefe glided to victory and Rafto overtook Muller with a powerful last mile. Barlow grabbed fourth before Dunn and Nemazee crossed the finish line. Tom Phillips finished eighth to close out the Crimson scoring...
...airline; within the past year it unwisely bought two financially shaky travel firms. The company pursued sheer volume, booking tours so cheaply that they often yielded only $1.25 profit per traveler. When rising airline fares-and economic stagnation caused many Britons to cut back on their vacation plans, costs overtook prices and failure became inevitable, despite the government's rescue attempt...
...they are also wearying. The movie Conroy is unafflicted by the moments of despair that overtook the real one and made his efforts heroic. Finally fired for continually bucking the system, Conroy in his book had the grace to wonder if his intervention had not done more harm than good. Perhaps it was cruel to elevate hopes to a level impossible of realization...
...wharf was quiet and empty, occupied by gulls. An Egyptian cargo ship, that had been unloading cement when war overtook the port, was still surrounded by bags of cement, opened and untouched. A smaller ship lay sunk near by, its coffee cargo ruined. One of eight cranes had been hit by a shell, but the others were undamaged. The Israelis have promised that they will not touch any of the civilian equipment before withdrawing...