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Word: outdoes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Though Armstrong played a strong game, fighting continually, the issue of the match was never in doubt after the early part of the first set, when Armstrong did his best work, and for a few games held the lead. In the third set also, he managed to outdo his opponent for a short while; but during the rest of the match, Washburn was never pressed, his serve and his long backhand stroke working especially well. He seldom ran in, but when he did, it was for a sure kill. At all times he displayed rare coolness and judgment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FINALS OF TENNIS SINGLES | 10/18/1912 | See Source »

...even better than in the Princeton game, there was a concerted speed and team-work in attack, and an ability to carry the puck out of the corners which showed an almost unbelievable improvement over the work of a week ago. Furthermore, each member of the team seemed to outdo himself individually. To mention the men who played excellently would be to mention all seven. There were two, however, whose work was really phenomenal and who more than any of the others proved McGill's undoing. These were Huntington and Gardner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: McGILL DEFEATED IN HOCKEY | 2/5/1912 | See Source »

...greater cost of building and operating ships here than abroad. Moreover, by making the subsidy for each ship pro- portional to the amount of cargo which it carries, American vessels will be induced to carry as much as they can and as often as they can, and to outdo foreign rivals. A system such as this is analogous to the one which the United States employed in building up our internal carriage, when Congress gave $70,000,000 and 200,000 acres of public land to the railroads. We now have one of the most wonderful railroad systems...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMEN WON YALE DEBATE | 4/30/1910 | See Source »

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