Ray was bested by then-state Senator Jim McDermott among the Democratic candidates, but Spellman defeated defeated McDermott by a lopsided margin in the general election in a year Republicans made big political gains across the country, including the victory of Ronald Reagan over incumbent Jimmy Carter in that year's Presidential race.

He bested Riviere in the runoff, and defeated Judy Petty, a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives and a former aide to the late Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller, and Independent Jim Taylor, a liberal Democrat horrified by the more conservative Robinson.

" Cobb was a mean-spirited man, fiercely competitive and loathed by many of his fellow professionals, but his career batting average of. 366 has yet to be bested.

Nabbing the NL batting title, Lee led the league in hits and batting average and bested Pujols in home runs.

Cat Thompson, John " Brick " Breeden, Frank Ward, Val Glynn and Max Worthington were at the heart of the MSC team that won the Rocky Mountain Conference title three straight seasons, and bested Utah State, BYU, Colorado, and University of Denver.

André did not win the title at that time, but later bested Hogan for the championship in 1988 in a controversial win after he aligned himself with " The Million Dollar Man " Ted DiBiase.

He went on to compete in a " King of the Mountain " ladder match for the title on June 2, 2004, but was again bested by Jarrett.

Hero Angeles bested four other contestants in the Grand Finals for the title " Grand Teen Questor " in the first season of ABS-CBN's popular reality star search in the Philippines, Star Circle Quest.

In the first defense of his second title reign, Mormeck again lost his WBA and WBC titles as he was bested by mandatory challenger and knockout specialist David Haye on 10 November 2007.

Iris Kyle, a top pro competitor since 1999, defeated Murray in a close battle in the heavyweight class, and bested lightweight winner Dayana Cadeau for the overall title.

He surrendered a potential third place finish in Sweden after a substantial time loss, as well as being bested by his brother, Henning, in the race for the final podium place on the siblings ' home event – Rally Norway.

She later bested this time at the NCAA meet, earning All-American honors by taking third place in the race with a time of 16: 15. 75.

In, the Cardinals won 101 games and ran away with the National League race, winning the pennant by 10½ games, then bested the Boston Red Sox in a seven-game World Series.

She sat down and played two slots at once, looking grim, as if bested by mechanical devices, and Owen felt sorry for the lay-sisters depending on her support.

Amasis would send one of his eunuchs to capture Phanes, but the eunuch is bested by the wise council man and Phanes flees to Persia, meeting up with Cambyses providing advice in his invasion of Egypt.

He claims he was unable to distinguish that Black Bolt had been replaced by a Skrull, and his powers were bested quickly by the Black Bolt Skrull.

In the books Teal is presented somewhat more sympathetically than in many of the adaptations: in the 1960s television series he is depicted as borderline incompetent, always being bested by Simon Templar.

This was the highest of any major US city, but bested by college towns such as nearby Cambridge.

He won five Formula One World Drivers ' Championships — a record which stood for 46 years until bested by Michael Schumacher — with four different teams ( Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Maserati ), a feat that has not been repeated.

Having forsaken the ways of the Jedi, Kyle is easily bested by Desann, who orders Tavion to kill Jan.

Invoked in passing by poets and figured as the father of rivers and streams, thus the progenitor of river gods, Oceanus appears only once in myth, as a representative of the archaic world that Heracles constantly threatened and bested.

In the epic quest line ( Volume I Book II ) the player aids Radagast in dealing with corruption in the Lone-Lands, ending in a confrontation with the Gaunt-Lord Ivar, who is bested by Radagast and driven away.

In 403 at Verona, Stilicho again bested Alaric, who as Gibbon said only escaped by the speed of his horse.

His enraged comrade Sthenelus urges Diomedes to stand up to Agamemnon by responding that he has bested his father and avenged his death by conquering " Seven-gated " Thebes.

Meanwhile, Pompey had fled after being bested by Sertorius, and the scattered forces of Afranius were attacked by the victorious Sertorians.

Another variant leaves one-eyed jacks ( jacks of hearts and spades ) higher than the deuce ; the one-eyed jacks can be bested by the suicide king ( king of hearts ).

The 2007 record was then bested by another daguerrotype camera, this time with Daguerre's signature on the device.

The French army attacked, but the French infantry in the centre were bested by the Spanish.

However, RCA's early sets using mirrors and other projection systems all suffered from image and color quality problems, and were easily bested by CBS's hybrid system.

It is more popular in American cities in 2008, ranking joint tenth ( with American Bulldog ) in Detroit and Orlando, ninth in Los Angeles, a joint seventh in Seattle ( again, with the American Bulldog ), but third in Honolulu, only bested by the Labrador Retriever and the German Shepherd Dog.

Its astonishing new record of 1, 362 performances was bested in 1892 by Charley's Aunt.

However, in 1992 the opposition Free National Movement ( formed by anti-Pindling factions in 1970 ) bested the PLP in the General Election, even though Pindling retained his South Andros seat.

Compared to his previous races, it was an unremarkable performance for the stallion ( Seabiscuit was third, bested by two lengths ), but it was an amazing comeback for him and his jockey.

That time was bested by another team nearly a year later, and in October 1904, the Columbia team re-set the record at 58 hrs, 35 min.

At 46 years, 188 days, Niekro became the oldest pitcher to pitch a shutout in the major leagues ; this record stood for nearly 25 years before Jamie Moyer ( 47 years, 170 days ) bested the feat in May 2010 ; for Niekro, this complete-game shutout would be his 300th win.

In 2012, Ellie Greenwood bested the seemingly unbreakable course record set by Ann Trason in 1994 by nearly an hour with a new record time of 16: 47: 19.

With 182 goals in all-competitions, Boniperti was the highest goalscorer in Juventus ' history for more than 40 years, until his record was bested by Alessandro Del Piero ( who was himself signed by Boniperti in 1993 ) on 10 January 2006.

The Stars bested their 1994 totals posting 48 wins, and topping 100 points for the first time in franchise history.

At Llandudno 1901, a four-man double-round robin, Atkins was again bested by Burn, who scored 4. 5 / 6 to Atkins ' 3. 5 points.

) He finished his first year an unprecedented 4th in points, the highest points finish by a rookie in the modern era ( which held until 2006 when his then-teammate Denny Hamlin finished 3rd ), and only bested by James Hylton, who finished 2nd as a first-timer in 1966.

Listeners to the Yale radio station, WYBC, would invariably learn that the station team had won a mighty victory, while readers of the Yale print media were invariably informed that each particular publication had bested all other teams handily, by scores often ranging into the thousands of points.

That spring, he would again help the Flyers to the Stanley Cup Finals, registering 13 points before the team was again bested by the Oilers.