Word: superior
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...When the Jews rebelled in 66 A.D., Josephus was sent to defend the region of Galilee. Though nearly all his troops deserted him, Josephus made a stubborn last stand in the cliff-perched city of Jotapata. The garrison held out for 47 blood-soaked days against a vastly superior Roman force commanded by Vespasian, the earthy, upright soldier who had earlier helped conquer Britain...
Power, prestige-and headaches. Its tourists and businessmen can convert their money around the world at favorable exchange rates, since nearly everybody wants dollars because of their stability and superior buying power. Many foreigners convert their own moneys into more secure dollars, then deposit the dollars in U.S. banks, where U.S. bankers invest them at a profit. On the other hand, the foreigners have the legal right at any time to cash in their dollar holdings for U.S. gold-and the U.S. thus has to maintain a multi-billion-dollar stock of gold, which earns no interest...
...Crimson took a 23-12 lead early in the game, but excellent shooting and superior rebounding enabled Dartmouth to tie the score at 25-25. (Harvard's leading rebounder, Barry Williams, missed the game because of an injury.) The Crimson clung to a tenuous lead throughout the remainder of the first half, and left the court with a 45-42 lead...
...mettle of the Penn team is an open question, since the Quakers have had only one match this season. They defeated Lafayette 31-10 in December, and have not wrestled since. Consequently Harvard can expect the advantage of superior conditioning and a degree of battle-toughness...
...darkling play about a rich and erotic woman who corrupts a pietistic and virginal man of the church (John Gielgud), seduces him into marrying her, then abandons him on their marriage night, but not before she causes him to be pistol-murdered by one of three confidants, including his superior, a cardinal of Rome...