Word: surpass
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Khrushchev's day, for example, Moscow predicted a 1970 output of as much as a trillion kilowatt hours of electricity; the goal was later reduced to 850 billion and last month was lowered again to 740 billion. Output per man-hour, which Khrushchev had boasted would surpass the U.S. level by this year, has been growing at a slower rate for the past two years and stands at only 43% of U.S. labor productivity. Soviet industrial production is now expected to rise only 6.3% this year, v. a 7% growth last year...