Word: exceedingly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...alternatives to be presented at House meetings will be 1) the council shall be completely elective, though non-council members may be committee chairmen, or 2) the Council may by a two thirds vote appoint undergraduates to membership, providing such appointments shall not exceed five or some other figure yet to be stipulated...
...prime reason for the Government's decision was that supplies far exceed expectations. There was practically the same amount of natural rubber available this year (975,000 tons) as in 1939 (990,000 tons). Estimates for 1947: between 1,112,000 and 1,412,000 tons. But another reason was that Britain has been losing money on its state trading. The Government bought thousands of tons of rubber in Malaya at 23.6/ a pound, thought rubber was scarce enough so it could keep the price pegged at this level. But the high price brought out so much rubber that...
...breaking some of the worst bottlenecks. Item: freight-car output had slipped 15%. Fractional horsepower motors were being turned out at record speed. But the backlog of unfilled orders was still equal to 21 months' production. As for the steel shortage, CPA said with exaggerated pessimism: demand will exceed supply "for several years...
...half times increase in funds for scientists recalled Stalin's speech last February when he said, "It is necessary not only to overtake but to exceed in the nearest future the achievements of science outside of the USSR...
Bing (whose gross income this year will exceed $1½ million) has never been in better voice. Astaire, at 47, seems to step as nimbly as he ever did. The Berlin tunes and lyrics-from All Alone right up to the new You Keep Coming Back Like a Song-are as sweetly foolish and affecting as young love itself. The only real trouble with this big, pretty song & dance is the tedious plot it is hung on. Crosby and Astaire, seasoned enough showmen to know that nothing is really required of them except their standard suave recitals, treat the story...