Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Goodbye, Snobbery. In the new America, Conant argues, art, literature and history cannot be sold in the schools on the oldtime snob appeal. But smart teachers will have no trouble peddling their substance in the form of handy guides to how the U.S. got the way it is ("Curiosity is more widely distributed than innate love of literature"). While imparting this kind of general education, Conant says, schoolteachers must keep an eye out for "gifted" boys & girls. Conant thinks that students with special aptitudes for mathematics and languages can be spotted in high school, almost as early as those with...
Sometimes reporters could not even pass the time drinking, thanks to Hearst's smart-aleck Columnist George Dixon. He had printed a giggly prediction that the Truman train would ignore local liquor laws. After that, for several dreadful days, the bar had been locked up in dry states...
...smart man with a dollar, Casey is well-to-do, but after 38 years in organized baseball, he still likes the game and the company, and his reputation with the fans as a shrewd buffoon. Said he last week: "I've done everything now-played for McGraw, managed the Toledo Mudhens, been farmed out to Kankakee by the Kansas City Blues, played for the Brooklyn Bums. This completes the cycle...
...meantime, Olympic world champion Hilary Smart could do no better than fourth out of seven in his Star Class specialty on the tricky waters of the Thames River last week. But at the same time, a Freshman team of Johnny Bishop and Ed White won in its first dinghy outing, defeating B.C., B.U., and Northeastern...
Cornell's John Snedecker hung up two firsts and two thirds to total 46 points, while the beat Smart could manage was 36, one point behind Coast Guard and six below Yale's total...