Word: superbeings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Dewey and his chief speechwriter, scholarly Elliott V. Bell, decided te sleep on it, but took the precaution to wire New York for a full text of the F.D.R. speech. Reading it the next morning in the cold light of day and without benefit of the superb Roosevelt inflection, Speechwriter Bell thought his chief could ignore it. But then the telegrams began to pour in from irate Republicans offering advice on how to answer the President...
Clearly, the most brilliant social event this corner has seen since our advent was the informal of last Saturday evening. It was even more superb than Don Brown's ill-fated Bay Ride so many moons...
...find that he has discovered an early 18th-Century gold and white vaulted ceiling, uniting five rooms, so he has torn down the walls to make one room-27 yards long-that he partitions off partially with screens into various dining-and sitting-rooms, leaving the superb ceiling to create a decorative unity between them all. "You go to a buffet supper at Count Bonzi's bachelor quarters and find dining and dancing and everything going on in one lovely long ballroom, overlooking one of the dramatic hills of the city, from which weakling children used to be thrown...
Planemaker "Roy" Grumman (rhymes with summon) modestly insists that the high scores are due to superb Navy tactics and skill. The Navy thinks differently. Navy brass hats long ago ran out of glowing phrases (say they: "Roy Grumman is the hottest thing in aviation today") and E flags for Grumman. Last week, as a new token of their esteem, the Navy was reportedly seeking permission to give him a medal, the Meritorious Civilian Service award, something no U.S. manufacturer has yet received. The medal was as much for Grumman's amazing production record as for his superb planes...
Claude Rains is masterful in the title role. He plays Mr. Skeffington with an almost frightening cold reserve. And with Miss Davis at her best, the result is superb characterization that rescues a poorly-executed story and makes first-rate moviegoing...