Word: outwits
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...family "work-shop," tries to infect his father, his brother John with his disease. At first they are doubtful of such folly as to give up cod fishing for lobster potting in the middle of winter, but eventually Marney's visions of "tons of brass," and the challenge to outwit, outdare the Fosdycks wins them over...
Smart is King George's youngest son Prince George. He thought up in his schooldays a way to outwit Queen Mary. She gave him only four shillings a week pocket money, exacted his word of honor not to borrow. Honorable, he priced his own autograph at two bob (shillings), sold as many as he could, clipped his father's autographs out of letters, priced and sold them for a quid (pound), but his mother's autographs he kept. Smart again, the Prince while serving under a British naval captain chosen by Queen Mary, gave his superior officers...
...have received, but it brings forth at the same time a most ominous fact. Men no longer control their destinies, instead they are at the mercy of events. Social, political, and economic forces are so complex that in themselves they defy solution. Bismarck could unify and control Germany by outwitting Napoleon III, but no man today can lay out a course for himself and hope to outwit circumstance. To elaborate this point the author cites the case of Mussolini in Italy. His contention is that if Il Duce had lived in the last century his tremendous ability coupled with...
...host. None of them can understand why they have been brought in the company of their adversaries. Suddenly a radio loudspeaker informs them that they are prisoners, that one by one each shall die defeated by his or her secret viciousness, that if anyone is clever enough to outwit the host, he, will perish in the presence of his remaining guests...