Word: surpass
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Alexandra M. Molnar '96 who was injured by a piece of ice falling from a roof Monday afternoon, knows that the dangers of winter weather surpass bad moods and chapped hands...
...addition to being committed to academics, we must also be committed to a struggle against racism outside of the classroom--a struggle which, combined with our fight against curricular racism, makes achieving what we do a testament to our qualifications and abilities not only to "keep up" with, but surpass Harvard's standards...
...Ancient Eight with a 15.9 points-a-game average, Maher needs roughly six games to break the record, and the Crimson has 10 left in the regular season. Co-Captain Deb Flandermeyer is currently in fifth place on the all time scoring list and will also probably surpass Hayes' mark. She has 1,171 and is averaging 15.3 points a game. With two of Harvard's most prolific scorers on this team, and one who is sure to join them by the end of her career (sophomore Tammy Butler), this Crimson can definitely light up the scoreboard...
...winces at talk about changes in her body as she keeps trying -- mostly successfully -- to surpass players half her age. Tennis is a game of intimidation, and Navratilova's renown used to have opponents beaten before a ball was struck. Now, though she prides herself on candor, she struggles not to sound vulnerable. "Am I a little slower? Maybe. But Billie Jean King thinks I'm hitting the ball as well as ever, and I definitely have more shots than I did eight years ago. If I'd had a forehand down the line back then, I would have...
...contends that the memos are being taken out of context and that the pre- 1988 trucks meet, if not surpass, federal safety standards. For example, GM notes that the trucks passed the traffic-safety administration's 20-m.p.h. side-impact crash tests. In 1980 GM began conducting its own 50-m.p.h. crash tests, even though they are not required by law. Explaining why the tanks were mounted outboard for so long, a high-ranking GM executive points out that exhaust pipes and other mechanisms usually crowd the center of the chassis, leaving little room for a large gas container. Says...