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Word: surpassingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...those in khaki, the U. S. has provided some newly designed guard houses that surpass anything yet experienced by those seeking escape from the rigors of radio. Also, those bars which used to hang so heavy upon your shoulders are now in front of your face. Your old uniform is exchanged for a new one. This one, you will find goes so much better with bread and water...

Author: By Yeoman RICHARD Brill, | Title: ARMY ELECTRONICS TRAINING CENTER and NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL (RADAR) | 8/10/1943 | See Source »

...times in three years. He was never scratched from a race in which he had been entered, ran on all sorts of tracks : holding, muddy, sloppy, slow, heavy and lightning-fast. Last summer, when he broke Seabiscuit's money-winning record ($437,730), Whirlaway seemed sound enough to surpass the Biscuit's 89 racing starts as well. But during the winter he developed a leg ailment that kept him out of training for several months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Good-by, Mr. Long Tail | 7/12/1943 | See Source »

...Baker and Jack Lynch were the only players who were able to surpass the ability of the graduate courtmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unbeaten Netters Shut Out MIT, 9-0 | 5/17/1943 | See Source »

Father Ledochowski's successors must go far to surpass him. In the 27 years of his rule the number of Jesuits rose from 17,000 to 27,000, passed for the first time the high mark before the Jesuit suppression of 1773. Wiry, keen-eyed Father Ledochowski started missions among the Eastern Orthodox, fought attacks on his order in Spain, Germany, Mexico and elsewhere. Despite threats from Germany and Italy, a Jesuit on his staff regularly disclosed Nazi atrocities in Europe over the Vatican radio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: In the Fifth Century | 12/28/1942 | See Source »

...Front]? We have more than the number who saved Moscow last autumn, more perhaps than the number whom Timoshenko commands. Have we the machines? We have Matildas and Valentines, and Timoshenko fights with them. We have two-pounders to equal the German 37-mm. We have six-pounders to surpass their 50-mm. We have new tanks designed for the close country of Flanders and France. We have mastery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Our Deepest Fear | 7/27/1942 | See Source »

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