The tide turned around 2000, when New York's life-expectancy rate began surpassing the national rate.
This seemingly worthless, underpopulated, undercultivated piece of gritty real estate has been the most besieged territory in the world — at last count the battleground for at least fifty invading armies since recorded history began — surpassing even war-weary Belgium for the dubious title.
At least 250 bodies had been uncovered by last night, said Zayan Othman, the health minister of the nearby autonomous Kurdish region, which would make it the deadliest attack since the war began, surpassing the 215 killed by mortar fire and five car bombs in Baghdad's Shia enclave of Sadr City, on November 23 last year.
"These 20-somethings think they are keeping their options open, but they are actually closing doors". Resumes start to look thin, their peers begin surpassing them and, without real-world experience, they're no closer to a direction.
Especially as in recent seasons they have begun surpassing the success of the Denver Broncos – who absolutely dominate the sports scene in Colorado – the calls from fans to amplify the amount of coverage the Nuggets get in the Denver sports media and occupy in the head space of Denver sports fans have been increasingly growing in volume and earnestness.
In the 15th century the cities of Brabant began to surpass the Flemish cities in importance.
As the commercial world began to surpass the N.S.A., some in the agency began looking to the private sector for solutions.
As the skill of local players began to surpass that of their British counterparts, cricket, he argued, became as much a West Indian sport as a British one.
When its wine began to surpass Petrus in important tastings, it became the hottest property in Bordeaux -- in France, some would say.
Above it, the 2007 curve marked when Watson became half as good as a human champion; an even higher curve commemorated the moment, in 2008, when it began to surpass its human competitors.
