Word: overtook
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...however, do not think the choice between conventional trains and maglevs should be an either-or one. Says one maglev enthusiast, Heinz Riesenhuber, Minister of Research and Technology: "Sailing ships were improved greatly in the past century, but at the same time steamship development went along and suddenly completely overtook sailing ships. That is how it will be with the Transrapid...
Quote of the Week: "First we took the wind out of their sails. After that, we stormed the ship and overtook them with our hands."--Netman Rob Soni describing how the Crimson defeated Navy...
...First we took the wind out of their sails," Rob Soni said. "After that, we stormed the ship and overtook them with our hands...
Then, in the freestyle relay, Hackett overtook Alan Fine in the closing moments to pull out a dramatic 58-55 victory before a capacity crowd...
Then, as often happened in Viet Nam, one murderous mirage overtook another. The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces launched their general offensive during the lunar New Year, called Tet. Militarily, Tet was a defeat for the Communists. But once again in Viet Nam and in the American mind, illusion triumphed over reality. America, and much of the rest of the world, regarded Tet as shocking proof that the war was a disaster for the U.S., unwinnable...