Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...whip-smart Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels was not releasing his story for U.S consumption. The Craft in Europe has very different implications from its meaning in Britain and the U.S. In many countries the Masons have been considered for centuries a highly subversive, clandestine group, or at least a tight, potent, political unit, which in some nations (like France) has for years dominated the Government from behind the scenes...
...hand, poured funds with the other into an Axis propaganda machine. Since the British blockade cut off German shipments to firms and agents in Latin America, these firms have switched to U.S. goods, frequently have relabeled them "Made in Germany." Many a firm peddled as much propaganda as merchandise. Smart Latin Americans, comparing U.S. anti-Axis professions with U.S. commercial practice, thought Good Neighborliness was funny: a papier-mâché hand in a velvet glove...
...easily see by examining the last financial report of my church that it certainly would be the smart thing for me to devise a few of these five-dollar prayers [TIME, June 23] for my congregation...
...smart, ingratiating, gold-toothed Chandler got the pardons he sold remained for the jury to decide...
...down reservoir water, in effect keep its power for itself. To help explain the South's dire straits, FPC had already turned to an old Government scapegoat, Aluminum Co. of America (Carolina Aluminum's parent). Alcoa, said FPC, had too long relied on cheap seasonal dump power. Smart management in peace, this practice now meant that Alcoa had to drain 150,000 kw. from other customers to keep producing through what used to be its slack season...