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Word: cleverness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Miracle on 34th St. A clever, sure-fire comedy about a man (Edmund Gwenn) who thinks he's Santa Claus (TIME June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Aug. 4, 1947 | 8/4/1947 | See Source »

Sullivan's answer was in character. In a column addressed from Hollywood to "My Secretary, Africa," he asked: "What was the reaction in N.Y. to the Pegler smear? Out here . . . the reaction was boredom. He's dangerously clever, though...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: You're Another | 7/28/1947 | See Source »

...constant contributions, there are also extraordinary ones to be paid. . . . 'Constructing fences payment' is a polite term for kidnaping for ransom. If a peasant is unlucky, the Fire Society can easily arrest him on a charge of 'collaborating with bandits.' If he is clever and rich enough to send in some $200,000 CN or $300,000 CN, he becomes a 'repented' good citizen. Otherwise, his charge will change from collaboration to 'being a bandit'-and the sentence is death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Mopping Up the People | 7/14/1947 | See Source »

Miracle on 34th St. A clever, sure-fire comedy about a man (Edmund Gwenn) who thinks he's Santa Claus (TIME, June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Jul. 14, 1947 | 7/14/1947 | See Source »

With fewer pictures scheduled, Hollywood will concentrate on 1) the sprightly, clever picture which can easily show a profit because of the small original cost, or 2) the surefire spectacle, such as the coming $6,000,000 Joan of Lorraine (heavily "insured" by Ingrid Bergman's star-power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boffo Sensational | 6/23/1947 | See Source »

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