Word: outperformed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Soviets militarily, without appearing to sound bellicose and threatening. "There is no doubt in my mind," he said, "that the U.S. is the most powerful country in the world." He admitted "concern" about "vulnerabilities" in NATO, but said he felt the U.S. could "outthink, out-design and outperform the Soviets with the resources we have and the steady increases we are requesting...
...states. It also has the least rigidly controlled economy in Eastern Europe, although Hungary is also testing innovative ways. Much Yugoslav economic planning and management has been decentralized. Initiative, hard work and quality output have been rewarded with generous bonuses and wage hikes. As a result, Yugoslav plants vastly outperform the state-owned enterprises in most other Communist-ruled countries. They also turn out an abundance of consumer products that make Belgrade, Zagreb and other large Yugoslav cities look more West European than Balkan...
...required by its predecessor, the 37½-ton T-62, as well as by the tanks of NATO nations, including the 58-ton American M60. Top speed of the T-72 is 43 m.p.h. on level ground. Some Western armor experts fear the T-72 may be able to outperform laser-equipped tanks, such as the British Chieftain, the West German Leopard 2 and the older U.S. M60 A2, now deployed in Western Europe; none of these possess as sophisticated a targeting system as the new Soviet model's. The U.S. does not expect to deploy its new-generation...
...sports. Says Schafft: "Not one white child belongs to or plays with neighborhood athletic groups. One senses an underlying anxiety on the part of white parents and children about competing with blacks in arenas where competence might be questioned." In other words, they are afraid that the blacks will outperform them. Yet Greentrees whites often imitate black mannerisms when playing with other whites. Reports Schafft: "Finger snapping and bottom twisting accompany a 'Hey, man, you're goin' get it!' or, looking at the floor, head tilted, a white child will do a short dance, just before...
...Santa Ana, Calif., karate expert who lost his right arm below the elbow in an accident, will probably not risk smashing bricks with his experimental $40,000 replacement. But the prosthesis should enable him, with practice, to function like a man with two natural arms, and in some ways outperform...