Word: superably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Disregarding cowboy and private detective categories, kiddy programs split up roughly into two main groups: the superman variety, where the more imaginative episodes display a complete absence of reality; the non-super but decidedly All-American type, ranging from Jack Armstrong to Spy King, with plots that are basically conceivable...
...Bucharest, Rumanians forgot for a moment the might of the Red army in the account of the latest U.S. super-super-super Flying Fortress. It was so huge that the pilot, hearing a noise behind him, had to dispatch a courier by motorcycle to locate the trouble. "Just a football game on the lower deck," came the report. Another ruckus. "A water polo match in the swimming pool." A terrific bang. "Now the boys are furious, sir," reported the messenger. "A Russian plane was trying to buzz us. It flew in through the window and crashed on the basketball court...
...Such super-isolationism, with hints of the old "yellow peril," is one of the ugliest Implications of Neo-Malthusianism. The world is already overpopulated, the argument goes. Some areas, like the U.S., are luckier than others, but even the U.S. will soon run out of food. Therefore it should not help foreigners. Let them starve now, before they increase their numbers (with our help) and overwhelm...
...that he would deliver on a certain date, temporarily appeased the depositor by paying off the bet on due day. How did Bob hope to keep his bubble from bursting? Best guess was that he hoped to use his huge amount of cash to turn some super deal in land or oil speculation, pay off everybody, including...
...Nash owner can still sleep in his car, but the new beds can be made up (by lowering the bisected front-seat backrest) into either a single or double bed, without disturbing the rear trunk-compartment. The new Nash costs more than the old one ($275 more in the Super series, up to $390 additional in the Super-Ambassador...