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Word: surpass (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fastest combinations going in every event. With Kerry Donovan in the sprints, Dick Thoman in the back-stroke, Dennis O'Connor and Stanton Smith in the breast-stroke, plus some in- credibly fast relay teams, the Elis may well surpass more than a few marks...

Author: By Ronald P. Kriss, | Title: Unbeaten Crimson Swimmers Test Yale's 99-Meet String | 3/7/1953 | See Source »

This latest aberration shows what happens when weekends get out of hand. Last year's frenzied whirl, with its three days of bowlers, water pistols, and Charles River seating assignments, was more than even the less conservative could take. This year, the Key is trying to equal, if not surpass, last year's blast...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: All-College Blast | 2/25/1953 | See Source »

...Yardlings' first line of Bill Cleary (c), Joe Crehore (lw), and Art Noyes (rw) should surpass any line on the ice. The three have amassed 21 points in two games, Cleary personally accounting for 12 of them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Undefeated Yardling Sextet Meets Strong Boston College Team Today | 12/17/1952 | See Source »

...turn of the century, when the world developed a ravenous tin appetite (for food containers, automobile bearings, welding), Simon I. Patiño. a cholo (half-Indian) from Cochabamba, parlayed an abandoned Bolivian tin mine into a fortune estimated at a cool $1 billion. His annual income used to surpass the government's. He formed a world cartel, bought heavily into Malayan tin, and lived abroad like an emperor, marrying his son Antenor to a niece of Spain's Alfonso XIII, his daughters to a French count and a Spanish grandee of such exalted lineage that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOLIVIA: Republic up in the Air | 12/15/1952 | See Source »

Smith added 273 yards to his previous total to give him a composite 635 for seven games. Clasby with the same number of games, leads with 728 yards, and needs only 134 more to surpass Kazmaier's 1951 record...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clasby Still Tops Ivy Rushing Total | 11/13/1952 | See Source »

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