Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sirs: I quote from TIME, March 28, p. 11: "Most U. S. Presidents who have bred sons have bred smart ones-witness President Adams the Elder, Harrison the Elder, Lincoln, Cleveland, Roosevelt, Taft." First, don't you know that President Harrison the Elder bred not a "smart son," but a son who bred a "smart son," President Harrison the younger ? Second, are you sneering at John Coolidge by omitting his name from the "smart sons?" He is "the first boy in the land" (or the "first youth." If you prefer) : and deserves no belittling by you. He is such...
...defeated second team lined up as follows: White, La Rue, p.; Hart, c.; Tweed, 1b.; O'Neil, 2b.; Devens, 3b.; Beckerman, s.s.; Olney, l.f.; Shine, c.f.; Smart...
...famed Governor, Alfred E. Smith, had won his spurs in his first murder case. Democrats who hope to see Governor Smith installed in the White House, saw in his son's success a new and good omen. For most U. S. Presidents who have bred sons have bred smart ones,- witness President Adams the Elder, Harrison the Elder, Lincoln, Cleveland, Roosevelt, Taft...
...Sapiro," continued Senator Reed, "wants a lot by way of 'smart' money for punitive damages. . . . I think that the evidence in this case will show you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, that Henry Ford never saw those articles; that he has never read them to this blessed...
Thomas (1811-96) wrote Mignon in 1866. He, born at Metz, was a learned as well as smart composer. At 4, he knew his solfeggio; at 17, he was admitted to the Paris Conservatory of Music; at 21, he won the Conservatory's Prix de Rome, and went there at the French government's expense. Three years' study in Rome prepared him to compose a laudable requiem mass and several popular operas...