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Word: surpassing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...political awareness and less devotion to the Democrats, thanks to the civil rights revolution and the fading of FDR's memory. Some labor leaders, too, are not completely happy with the Democrats. If these three groups were brought together under the Liberal banner, the party's voting strength could surpass that of the Republican in New York City...

Author: By Hendrik Hertzberg, | Title: The Liberal Party | 11/23/1963 | See Source »

...surprisingly, yesterday's collection of $4700 was down a bit from Monday and Tuesday totals of $8900 and $7000. Figures indicated, however, that with two more days of solicitation the Drive might equal or surpass last year's total of $31,000. No official goal has been...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Combined Charities Climbs Over $20,000 | 11/14/1963 | See Source »

...final toll may not be known for weeks-the tragedy would surpass the worst previous dam disaster on record, the U.S.'s Johnstown, Pa., flood of 1889, which claimed 2,209 lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italy: Like Pompeii . . . | 10/18/1963 | See Source »

...with it? Will Resnais really be able to renovate the esthetic of cinema? Will Bergman at last kindle the fire in the heart and light his gloomy world with love? Will Ray redeem his prodigious promise and become the Shakespeare of the screen? Or will new men emerge and surpass them all? Whatever happens, the pioneers have broken through. The world is on its way to a great cinema culture. The art of the future has become the art of the present...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: A Religion of Film | 9/20/1963 | See Source »

...sounded vigorous. Because of a wave of "black racism," he complained, Portugal's "civilizing mission" in Portuguese Guinea, Angola and Mozambique is in jeopardy. Asked Salazar: "Is the language that we teach those people superior to their dialects or not? Does the religion preached by the missionaries surpass fetishism or not? Is not belonging to a nation of civilized expression and world projection better than narrow regionalism without means for defense or progress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Portugal: Too Late in the Day | 8/23/1963 | See Source »

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