Word: surpassed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Senators John Tower and Howard Baker added SALT to the wounds by criticizing negotiations toward a Strategic Arms Limitation treaty that, Tower said, "would place the United States at a strategic disadvantage." The manifesto lays the groundwork for a Senate debate on SALT that could surpass in intensity the Panama Canal battle. Tower and Baker agree that any proposed SALT agreement will be a fall election issue...
...that Santa Claus is about as far as the bottom of his little pack," as far as increased federal aid to U.S. cities is concerned, Proxmire said. In the future, he added. Congress might increase its funding to aid cities in order to keep up with or possibly slightly surpass inflation...
...crucial events for Brown were the sprints and hurdles, where Brown began to steadily catch up and eventually surpass Harvard...
Gnomes, it seems, have mastered medical techniques that equal or surpass' Western medicine. Gnomes feed and care for wounded or abandoned small animals, and in return for these small favors rabbits and birds and even elk will help gnomes when they are in trouble...
Spielberg must, in addition, contend with the comet trail of Star Wars, the summer sleeper directed by George Lucas that now threatens to surpass Jaws' $400 million worldwide gross. Close Encounters is also a science fiction film, and thus it will inevitably be compared to Star Wars. Since Spielberg's movie cost almost twice as much, Columbia Pictures, which financed Close Encounters, has gone to unusual lengths to protect its investment. From the outset, the film has been shrouded in secrecy to ensure that its suspense not be blown prior to release. Cast and crew have been forbidden to discuss...