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Word: cleverer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...being adopted by other departments of instruction, there attaches to the examination the character of a qualifying test. Passage of this test admits one to the privilege of specialization, and implies a comprehension of a field of study so hastily covered that understanding deeper than that needed for a clever student to pass an examination is a doubtful quantity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "... NOT IN KIND, BUT IN DEGREE" | 2/8/1929 | See Source »

...article, "Harvard: Fair and Cooler", in the latest Saturday Evening Post, Mr. Kenneth L. Roberts bites the hand that fed him, apologetically but severely. His caricature of the Harvard he saw and the Harvard men who tried to interpret Harvard for him is a diabolically clever masterpiece. He takes a couple of thousand words to prove that Harvard men are egocentric asses trying to appear indifferent when they are not, starving in Harvard Square hashhouses, and lying prostrate in idolatrous worship of the Great God Final Club. He takes a concluding paragraph to show that Harvard men are studious...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RASPBERRIES FOR HARVARD | 2/8/1929 | See Source »

...guess," she smiled, "I could never guess their names in the wide world. I'm not clever at guessing," and the Prime Minister's wife passed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Divine Providence! | 1/21/1929 | See Source »

...quiet except for the rumble of the subway, the bell of a fire engine, the bark of a dog. Mrs. Maurrant's daughter Rose appears with a man. He is Harry Easter, office manager. He tries to kiss Rose, but fails. He propositions her; she is too beautiful, too clever for office work. He has a friend who will get her on Broadway. All she has to do is leave home and be available for Mr. Easter at a little apartment he will get for her. She desists. He leaves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jan. 21, 1929 | 1/21/1929 | See Source »

...three members of the Freshman team have had little experience in indoor polo teams, but Crispen Cooke '32, the captain and outstanding performer of the group shows promise of developing into a clever player. The Junior University group, on the other hand, is considered one of the strongest second teams since polo has been a recognized sport at the University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SECOND RIDERS TAKE ON FRESHMAN POLO TRIO | 1/19/1929 | See Source »

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