Word: overtaken
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Dolled Up. For the first time since 1935, Ford has overtaken Chevrolet in the light-truck market. But the margin is slim, and each manufacturer predicts sales of 700,000 trucks this year. Ford tops its line with the sporty Ranchero, while Chevrolet counters with the El Camino. A long list of options includes air conditioning, power steering, automatic transmission, wooden steering wheels, bucket seats and high-performance engines. The price of a dolled-up pickup can approach $5,000, and the cost of the piggyback camping unit that slides into the truck bed can add another...
...inevitable, you see, Papa, has finally overtaken the fiesta nacional. You and Sidney Franklin and the other gringos were always so mesmerized by the mystique of blood and sand that you ignored what Spaniards understood: above all else, bullfighting is box office. For a time in Spain's new and vigorous consumer society, the box office was busier than ever. With 20 million foreign tourists a year and television beaming corridas to as many as 15 million more people (instead of the mere 23,663 that can shoehorn into the Plaza Monumental), the bullfights have become a $25 million...
...When the U.S. plane finally flies, it will be much bigger than the Concorde and some 350 m.p.h. faster. Britons continue to fear that they will again be first-as they were in television broadcasting, jet engines and jet transports-only to run into difficulties and be overtaken by the Americans, who stand to learn from the mistakes of the pioneers...
Tibet's slim hope for survival resides in the chaos that has overtaken Mao's Cultural Revolution. The Red Guards have split into rival factions and are warring among themselves and with the military, though last week Peking claimed that the Maoists were in full control of all China's provinces, including Tibet. Earlier, the longtime army commander in Tibet was replaced, and battles among the Chinese occupiers were reported to be raging sporadically in Lhasa. Essential services, including transportation, communications and food shipments, have broken down. Taking advantage of the turmoil, Tibetans are issuing anti-Chinese...
...Prague was handed to an NBC reporter in the hearing room moments before the White House message reached Rusk. It was passed to Rusk and then to Platform Chairman Hale Boggs, who read it to the committee. Back at the White House, Johnson told Rostow: "Our plans have been overtaken by events...