Word: superiors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...clear the runway of pipes, boulders and vehicles, which had been placed there by Grenadians and Cubans. The Rangers could now fly onto the field in C-130s. By 7:15 a.m. the airstrip was secure. Hundreds of Cubans had thrown down their weapons and surrendered to the superior U.S. firepower...
...past 16 months, Pickens has earned $105.7 million for his company, Mesa Petroleum, by buying up large amounts of undervalued stocks and selling them at a handsome profit, sometimes back to the company whose stock he bought. Early this year, for example, he bought a large stake in Superior Oil, then in September sold it back to Superior for a $31.8 million profit...
...Ames Courtroom is used for clinics and the prestigious Ames Moot Court Competition each year. The courtroom is also used for actual trials within the state's superior court system...
...characterizes himself as a "scrambler" in athletics. One highlight of his career, he says, was playing against Bill Cleary '58, Harvard's hockey coach, who was then playing for Harvard. Reflecting on his competition against Cleary, Saltonstall says, "He was simply a superior player...
...called his passengers' attention to the Beverly Hills Hotel during a tour of the fabled neighborhood of the stars, a policeman stopped him for invading the exclusive area. That incident in July and others like it sent three tour companies to court in protest. Last week Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Leon Savitch allowed Beverly Hills to continue barring buses carrying tourists eager to glimpse the likes of Gary Grant or Lucille Ball, or at least to see where they lived...