Search Details

Word: surpassingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Dallas) or folksy (Andy Griffith as Matlock). But his passionless style fails to register as either character. Dukakis has the mark of a man doomed to be portrayed in TV movies by Sam Waterston. And Bush is still overshadowed by the era's only politician actually to define and surpass his Hollywood model: Ronald Reagan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Playing The Rating Game | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...them earned their fortune by starting their own firm. The small-business boom shows no signs of slowing. Even last October's stock-market crash discouraged start-ups only briefly. Jane Morris, editor of the Venture Capital Journal, reckons that venture funding for new enterprises this year may surpass last year's record of $3.9 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Vs. Small | 9/5/1988 | See Source »

With Japan riding high as a premier economic power, no company stands a better chance of dominating global finance than Nomura. The company, building on a powerful domestic base, is a behemoth. Its assets ($372 billion) surpass those of Citicorp ($204 billion) and Merrill Lynch ($55 billion) combined. Nomura's 1987 profits ($2 billion) were almost four times those of American Express. And as Japan converts manufacturing muscle into financial might, the securities giant has passed Toyota (1987 earnings: $1.7 billion) to become the country's most profitable company. No wonder Nomura sparks respect in its competitors, inspires hard work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: Japan's Nomura: Yen Power Goes Global | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

...movement formerly known as Black Muslims. Once seen as heretical by orthodox believers because of the unconventional and antiwhite doctrines propounded by Founder Elijah Muhammad, the group has shed those teachings and gained recognition by mainstream Islam. With these trends and their high birthrate, U.S. Muslims are expected to surpass Jews in number and, in less than 30 years, become the country's second largest religious community, after Christians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Americans Facing Toward Mecca | 5/23/1988 | See Source »

...could Japan surpass the U.S. in so many industries so quickly? That oft asked question receives an unusually thorough and thoughtful examination in Trading Places: How We Allowed Japan to Take the Lead (Basic Books; $19.95). Written by Clyde V. Prestowitz Jr., the counselor to the Secretary of Commerce for Japan Affairs between 1983 and 1986 and now a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, this "epic tale of reversal," as the author calls it, starts with Japan's 1945 surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri and chronicles its four-decade push toward economic victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How To Tackle Japan Inc. | 5/9/1988 | See Source »

Previous | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | Next