George Osborne talked a good talk, a country that out competes, outsmarts and outdoes the rest of the world.
Three years of turmoil in the region, on the back of unpopular American-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, have benefited extreme Islamists, none more so than the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), a group that outdoes even al-Qaeda in brutality and fanaticism.
This longer life means that in terms of cooling per gram, sulphur in the stratosphere outdoes the lower-down stuff by about 25 to 1.
A man who outdoes Mrs Clinton for experience and sometimes matches Mr Obama for charm, he has shown more political courage than either Democrat has yet displayed and he beats both of them in hypothetical "head to head" polls.
But when a particular figure outdoes predictions it may be because those expectations were overly pessimistic, rather than a sign that something fundamental has changed for the better.What, for instance, is the right reference point on the latest news on India's economy?
In reality, Rotterdam is more truly "alternative" than either.The Montreal Film Festival outdoes Cannes in scope, with over 200 official films from 60 countries.
It is a CMOS sensor, yet it outdoes even the best CCDs, with an unprecedented resolution of 16.8m pixels.Making such a large CMOS sensor, says Dick Merrill, Foveon's chief scientist, required new circuit-design techniques to overcome the current leakage which restricts the amount of data that a CMOS sensor can store.
Suitcases stuffed with cash, shadowy lobbyists, espionage, public servants whose fortunes bloom overnight, and bottomless campaign slush funds; each day's revelation outdoes the last and seems to back Mr Jefferson's claims, despite the denials of those involved.
Add Limca and other local chroniclers of record-breaking feats, and India almost certainly outdoes everyone.
Other states earmark taxes as well, but Alabama outdoes them all, designating no less than 89% of its revenues for specific purposes.
Today, she says, anti-corruption is the new nationalism and everyone outdoes everyone else with promises to clean up the country.
