Word: cleverer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...father. Both these young people are descended from the French General of Napoleon the Great's time, General Bernadotte, who was adopted as heir by the childless King of Sweden [becoming King Charles XIV, 1818-1844]. Prince Olaf of Norway is said to have inherited the shrewd and clever brain of his grandfather, King Edward VII of England, while his first cousin, the Prince of Wales, has inherited Edward VII's social tact and charm...
...well-tailored pair of knickerbockers. Ophelia went raving mad in the old regrettable fashion, even though quite up to date with a boyish bob and scandalously short skirt; and Laertes proved himself an adept at inhaling cigarettes. On the face of it, the play thus produced appeals as a clever burlesque; yet the producers seem to have been quite serious, being convinced that, after the first shock, Shakespeare would suffer nothing from the presence of modern costumes...
Cities. Descending from his train, the traveler finds that the stucco-plastered brick buildings of Russia have been smartly replastered; and have lost the ragged-wallpaper air of early Communist days. Many new buildings are going up: two and three story structures, laboriously raised bit by bit by clever workmen, as in the days of Peter the Great. The Orthodox Churches, generally seem well cared for by their parishioners, despite Government opposition...
Until that moment, young Gunn was the protagonist. A clever writer, fashioning a story of that morning's play, would make the reader feel that Gunn was going to win. He would dwell on the amazing machine-like perfection of Gunn's every stroke. He would describe how since Jones was playing par golf, Gunn shot under par to win holes from him. He would hint that Gunn could not keep it up. The reader would gather the conviction that Gunn was most certainly going to keep it up. But this would be a literary trick...
Chalif proudly placed this clever compliment in all his advertisements...