Word: overtook
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...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...
...hills gave way to Hanover's flat homestretch, Rojas, Campbell, and eventual fifth and sixth place finishers Jim Keefe and Karl Tsigdines overtook three out of four Green leaders...
...Danmark Trophy, sailed at Coast Guard Saturday and Sunday, it was the home team that overtook Harvard in the second day of events to win the event. Terry Neff, who was the low-point skipper in A Division, and Chris Middendorf, collected an eight-point lead after Saturday's six races, only to see it vanish in light airs on Sunday. Coast Guard won by the same margin...