Word: superably
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Howard Hughes, out of the hospital five weeks after the crash of his experimental plane, took with him a brainchild that had come in handy. The multimillionaire plane designer now had a super-adjustable hospital bed with six adjustable sections and six cranks...
Over 100 aircraft will participate in the show. Among them will be a flight of at least six B-29 Super fortresses, the army's famed jet-propelled P-80 which has been clocked at nearly 600 miles per hour, and several types of navy carrier based planes...
...baited the hook with capital gains more skillfully than bald, smart Charlie Einfeld, onetime exploitation "genius" at Warner Brothers. In less than six months he had formed Enterprise Productions, signed up enough big name stars for six super epics. Typical was his deal to make Eric Remarque's Arch of Triumph. He landed Actress Ingrid Bergman with a promise of $175,000 in salary, plus half the profits; he promised Remarque 15% of the profits, Director Lewis Milestone and Producer Davis Lewis 10% each...
...Gordon-Walker held that the song was unworthy of a great corporation. Asked Mr. A. Beverley Baxter (Wood Green, Unionist): "Then should we suppress Gilbert & Sullivan's 'A policeman's lot is not a happy one?'" Laughter. Mr. I. L. Orr-Ewin (Weston-super-Mare, Unionist): "Is it suggested that 'Don't go down the mine, Daddy' is the cause of low coal production?" Renewed laughter...
Barbara Mutton got things straightened out with London's gossipy Tatler, which had reported her married to Australian Playboy Freddie McEvoy and sharing the "super-suite at the Carlton." The correction: Miss Hutton was not married to McEvoy and was not at the Carlton; she "treated the matter most generously by accepting this apology, coupled with a substantial payment to the Maternity Ward of the Royal Northern Hospital by The Tatler...