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Word: smacks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reject the theory that housewives are stupid because they listen to daytime shows," says Garry Moore. He is defending not only housewives but himself, for his Garry Moore Show (weekdays, 1:30 p.m., CBS-TV) comes smack in the middle of the day. It is also, he insists, "non-typical." Unlike such weepy radio competitors as Young Dr. Malone and The Guiding Light, Moore tries to run his program on the lines of a comic strip: "No one show of mine fractures you all by itself. But, in continuity, they go over&151;just like Li'l Abner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Moore for Housewives | 2/2/1953 | See Source »

...both suggestions, gracing them with what the Asians fear most from America, is use of Chiang Kai-shek's troops. Employing a discredited army and a has-been who is considered reactionary and dictatorial throughout the Far East, would be the worst blunder conceivable. Not only would it smack of overweaning meddling, but it would burden the United States with the worst sort of albatross, and demolish this country as a force in Asia for years to come...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Asia | 10/30/1952 | See Source »

...every close fight, when they hear the bell ring for the final round, they come out slugging, and a few punches may smack below the belt. As much as you know this, and realize what's at stake for the men, you've got to call the fouls, if you're the referee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bi-Partisan Bull | 10/21/1952 | See Source »

...Chinese-nearly four times as many as was originally estimated -are in fact eligible for citizenship under the conditions laid down by the new law. The Malays were shocked. They had thought that, legally speaking, the Chinese would only get a foot in the door; instead they were smack in the living room, i.e., they will have a major voice in government, escape trade restrictions on foreigners, etc. The British hope that they will also shoulder the duties of citizenship, including service in the Malayan army. But there was no doubt last week that, as one U.S. observer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MALAYA: 1,200,000 New Citizens | 10/6/1952 | See Source »

...students who have noticed that some of the expressions in Stevens's speeches smack of Schlesinger's lectures in History 169, Schlesinger reassured that he rarely, if ever, chips in a phrase. "The Governor is a better speech writer than any of the men around him," Schlesinger said. "Not since Wilson," he added, "has any candidate written more of his own material...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Schlesinger's Job Will End With Election | 9/23/1952 | See Source »

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