Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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What Next? Where Germany would next plant her military boots was the next question. The Nazi majority in Lithuanian Memel were agitating last week for a "home in the Reich," but that was small change. More significant was the Nazis' tolerance in letting Hungary grab Carpatho-Ukraine. A smart stealing-casino player does not mind an opponent's getting a trick if he has the card that will steal his whole pile...
After Pope Pius XII had given a private audience to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Patrick Kennedy and eight of their nine children,* 7-year-old Teddy Kennedy, youngest of them all, declared: "I wasn't frightened. ... He patted my head and told me I was a smart little fellow. He gave me the first rosary beads from the table before he gave my sister [Patricia...
...States Auxiliary Corp., another wholly-owned subsidiary of State Guaranty Corp. P. S. Auxiliary meanwhile bought P. S. Savings & Loan certificates in the open market at about 55? on the dollar, turned them over to P. S. Savings & Loan in lieu of the rent due. If carried through, this smart practice could have enabled Odell to buy in all the certificates, leaving himself owner of all the company's real estate (now valued...
...Three Smart Girls Grow Up (Universal). Deanna Durbin, now 17, has for two years been practically the sole support of Universal's stockholders. In this smooth, ingratiating, family comedy she discharges her responsibilities handsomely with renderings of La Capinera, Because, Invitation to the Dance, The Last Rose of Summer...
Nothing slows up a champion like excess weight; nothing eats up gas like a heavy car. The Studebaker Champion has been trained down by smart engineering until it weighs 500 Ib. less than its rivals. Studebaker swears this has brought no structural weakness, no less safety. Most of the weight was saved in the engine and frame assembly, little taken from the body, in order to avoid the charge of being "tinny." Design is conservative-little chromium, headlights in fenders, no running boards. It has gearshift on the steering post, many standard Studebaker features such as hill-holder, rotary door...