Word: surpassed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Labour can surpass their two per cent margin at the last election, Wilson should walk into Parliament in April with a substantial majority...
...championship in 1964, experts were as impressed by her girlish grace and pleasant looks as by her acrobatics and technique. "Peggy is not a fiery skater," said Dick Button. "She is a delicate lady on the ice." And at Davos, it figured to take more than delicacy to surpass Canada's defending champion Petra Burka. Only four times in the 60-year history of the event had a defender failed to repeat. "Petra should do it again," Button predicted, "although Peggy could be her closest challenger...
...effective use of sanctions has convinced South Africa not to interfere, Dr. Verwoerd's continuing policy of strict neutrality belies predictions that supplies from South Africa will keep Rhodesia going indefinitely. The privately subsidized shipments of South African oil should not surpass 80,000 gallons per month, less than one day's rationed consumption. Continued application of sanctions, coupled with a British offer of acceptable settlement terms, could lead to negotiations within a few months...
...would like to see tax-burdened New Yorkers saddled with another tax of questionable necessity. Even if the aqueduct system were to be completely rid of leaks (which hardly seems likely judging from past attempts) there is still an ever-growing need for water, a need which will surpass the one that already overstrains supply. In 20 years it is estimated that Americans will consume 245 billion gallons more than their present rate of 355 billion gallons...
...transistor in his lower left molar rather embarrass him. Bribed by British intelligence (running short of certified spies, understandably) with the promise of a Cord Le Baron, Niven flies off to run interference for an oil sheik whose assassination is pending. Among the double-dealers he encounters, none surpass Françoise Dorléac, a wry, loose-limbed French beauty who wafts the spirit of high comedy through a role that would hardly seem worth the bother if a lesser actress played...