Word: surpass
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...weapon called MIRV, for "multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle" (see box, page 14). MIRV, even more than the anti-ballistic missile, threatens to upset the uneasy balance of deterrence that the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. have achieved. It may also set off a domestic debate that could surpass in fervor the acrimonious ABM dispute...
Violence on and around campuses may yet succeed and surpass the traditional types of slum upheaval in casualties. Clashes between student militants and university and civil authorities have already triggered guns, ignited fire bombs, and broken heads from coast to coast. The latest spasm at Berkeley, in which students and police confronted each other over an off-campus issue, demonstrates how easily a single crisis can involve both city and university...
...Churchill bespoke, a reminder of the common heritage of both nations. On simpler esthetic grounds, it stands amidst Missouri's flat plains as a monument of excellence that the uninstructed can admire, a standard that traditionalists can repair to, and a challenge that the creative can strive to surpass...
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...taken there and, like Little Audrey, I laughed and laughed. I have seen the wonders of the Far East and marveled at the Pyramids. I have champagned at the Folies and, in the days of our Empire, flown in a Vice-Regal plane. But nothing, simply nothing will ever surpass the sheer deliciousness of my first evening down on the Block...