Word: surpass
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...such an argument. The same contingent that passed Gingerich's National Security Revitalization Act, which was supposed to produce a $1 billion budget cut by subtracting that amount from U.S. support of the United Nations, has now voted to uphold spending in our own military that would far surpass this gain in savings. By scapegoating international peacekeeping, the senate justifies SDI. Yet global policing has never cost us a fraction of our national defense initiatives...
...course, is the best meal of the day, especially if it's the last one--a phenomenon not uncommon around this time of year. And we're not just talking about dining halls here, though the oatmeal and cream of wheat are absolutely delectable. Various alternatives exist that surpass whatever is offered on the plastic trays, depending on what you order...
...down 1-2-3 in the top of the first, leaving Ripken standing on deck, it wasn't until he had completed the bottom of the first in the field that Game No. 2,010 became official. Barring rain-outs, work stoppages or, heaven forbid, an injury, Ripken should surpass Gehrig with No. 2,131 on Sept. 6 in Baltimore. Andy Van Slyke, newly signed by the O's to play center field, is excited but slightly anxious about playing with Ripken: "What if we collide on a short fly ball? What if I knock him out of the lineup...
Firearms violence has reached epidemic proportions. An American child is killed by a gun every two hours. An estimated 100,000 students carry a gun to school each day. It is expected that by the year 2003 the annual number of deaths from firearms in the U.S. will surpass the number of people killed in motor-vehicle accidents, thus becoming the leading cause of injury-related deaths. Oklahoma's bombing can provide what educators call a "teachable moment'' -- and just because a vital lesson appears to have escaped Bob Dole doesn't mean others can't learn. Outlawing all guns...
Later on, the warlike Desdemona misinterprets Constance's complaint about the "sacred cows" of Academe and announces her desire to slay the bovine monsters. It is this level of misunderstanding--the utterly conventional and predictable--that MacDonald's play attains, and never attempts to surpass...