Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Smart U. S. citizens who have been fooled when attempting to pronounce the name of Baron Dalziel commonly suppose that most Englishmen utter it correctly. No supposition could be more false...
Another spokesman is Mrs. Caroline O'Day, a vigorous, socially smart lady from Rye, N. Y., who has long been active in the New York Democracy and now is acting state chairman. Leaving Oklahoma City, she stepped to the observation car railing and explained: "Mrs. Smith is so modest that she doesn't like to make speeches. ... She hopes to see you all again when, we all hope, she will be the First Lady of the Land...
Within 24 hours the U. S. State Department unmistakably informed the press that Jonkheer Loudon's proposal was deplored by both President Coolidge and Secretary of State Kellogg. Thereupon one of Jonkheer Loudon's smart Dutch secretaries pointed out to correspondents at Geneva that President Coolidge conducted his Nicaraguan election negotiations (TIME, April 18, 1927) not merely through secret diplomatic channels but by means of a "personal representative"* who never had any public or official status...
...ROYAL FAMILY-Smart and human comedy about a great old actress and her helter-skelter descendants (TIME...
...dress differently here than we do, not that New College is especially fashionable, but everyone there wears a well cut coat and flannel slacks; here the most prominent men make no effort to present a smart appearance...