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Word: superbness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Unfortunately, it does not take much of this to turn the hotel clerk into a genuine Hollywood cowboy, and as soon as he gets back to that Chicago hotel, he proceeds to demonstrate his he-manity. Superb in a steaming tub he sits, swigging his quart and sucking his Havana and languidly, when the spirit moves him, blasting away at the roaches on the walls with his trusty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Feb. 17, 1958 | 2/17/1958 | See Source »

Without fanfare, the Palace of Monaco issued a fluffy communiqué: "Princess Caroline will be one year old [Jan. 23]. She now has six teeth. She weighs [roughly 22 Ibs.]. She is a superb child, laughing and gay, who loves to enjoy herself and is very sociable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 3, 1958 | 2/3/1958 | See Source »

...even against such competition, Pettit's spectacular play put him in a class apart, just as it has all through this most impressive of his four pro seasons. Because of Pettit's basket-stuffing and superb all-round game, the St. Louis Hawks have a long lead in the Western Division of the N.B.A...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Golden Hawk | 2/3/1958 | See Source »

TIME'S excellent summary of a "cure" for industry's $1 billion hangover is a superb contribution to the awakening of business and industry to a responsibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 13, 1958 | 1/13/1958 | See Source »

...action fiber. How far the grasshopper leaps depends on the number of impulses it sends its leg muscles: one impulse produces a hop; two a "moderate jump"; three an all-out effort. Somehow the grasshopper gets all this done in one-thirtieth of a second. Marvels Grasshopperman Hoyle: "A superb example of natural economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Grasshopper's Hop | 1/6/1958 | See Source »

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