Word: surpasses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ultimate spiritual experience, no site could surpass the ancient Olmec pyramids at Cacaxtla, southeast of Mexico City. There a pallid re- enactment of Aztec dances failed to stir the crowd of 3,000, but the sun's pas de deux with the moon, lasting nearly six minutes -- a minute and a half short of the maximum duration possible -- led many to fall to their knees. With Mars, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter suddenly bursting into view in the afternoon, what else could they do but give thanks to the gods, ancient and modern, and pray for the opportunity to view...
...hoping to surpass even these triumphs in such upcoming films as Star Trek 6, Memoirs of an Invisible Man and Steven Spielberg's Hook. Special- effects fans can look forward to more strange, mind-boggling characters; worlds that alter their shape, color and form; and, perhaps most amazing, flights of fancy so realistic that audiences won't ever suspect they're seeing an act of industrial imagination...
Youth abounds on the Harvard Crimson baseball team. Four freshmen have stepped in and have made hefty contributions in their inaugural campaigns. Mike Giardi, Dave Morgan, Jeff Mitchell, and Eric Weissman all continue to surpass what would usually be asked of freshmen...
...Wambach did enter the record books at 14:59 of the second half. The senior guard's three-pointer put Harvard up, 48-36, and gave Wambach 1001 career points, making her only the fifth player in Harvard history to reach that plateau. Wambach needs only 32 points to surpass Elaine Holpuch as the fourth player on Harvard's all-time scoring list...
...Iceman Cometh No one may ever surpass Jason Robards' Hickey, the salesman who descends from periodic benders into coldly lethal nihilism, but in Chicago's Goodman Theater production of O'Neill's epic tragedy, Brian Dennehy was unforgettable too -- a big man crushed into pathos...