Word: shrewdly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Bears average 227 Ibs. in the line. Key. man in their T-formation attack is shrewd, 197-lb. Sid Luckman, 29, who does most of the thinking and all the passing. He leads the league with 1,826 yards gained by passes. His ball-carrying backfield mates are virtually middle-aged men (average: 28)-shifty halfbacks Hugh Gallarneau and Dante Magnani, fullback Bill ("Bullet") Osmanski...
...Adam the Creator," your reviewer stated in the second paragraph ". . ., but (the audience) will know at least that the Harvard Dramatic Club has given them something new and vital instead of a warmed-over version of a corner store classic." He goes on to say that "More than shrewd choice has gone into the play, too. Within the harrowing confines of Sanders Theater the HDC has created an exceptionally professional production--satisfactory in acting, setting, staging, music...
...Mooney Quartet (Mon. 10:15 p.m., ABC). Shrewd, abstruse jazz by four musicians' musicians...
Fifteen years in and now one year out of the Brazilian dictatorship, shrewd little Getulio had lain low on his southern ranch while his successors bungled the return to democracy, compounded inflation, let Brazilians go hungry. Last week, before a rally of his own Labor Party members in his own cattle-raising state of Rio Grande do Sul, Vargas blamed his downfall on "foreign financial interests," who were jealous of his plans to make Brazil economically independent, let go at President Eurico Caspar Dutra and his Government...
...taller Crimson quintet, paced by the shrewd floor-play of Captain Saul Mariashin and Leo Page's unerring one-handers from within fifteen feet of the hoops, moved out to a commanding lead shortly afterwards and coasted to victory as Barclay used most of his reserves...