Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Mess with Mr. In-Between." In 1943 George was made secretary of the Democratic National Party. Roosevelt trusted him even if he did not react to George's humor. "I am exactly 100% certain of his loyalty," wrote F.D.R. At the 1944 Democratic convention, when most smart politicians realized they might be nominating two Presidents, George latched on to Harry Truman and helped smooth his way to the No. 2 nomination. Then he helped draft the first speech for the vice-presidential candidate...
...occurred to him that this was something of his own fault-"At home I hardly knew who my Congressman was." If he and his business friends were to get the kind of smart, vigorous representation they wanted, they would have to do something about...
When Assault romped home in the Kentucky Derby at 8-to-1, the smart horse players said, "Wait for the Preakness." In the Preakness, Assault beat Elizabeth Arden's Lord Boswell by just a neck. In the Belmont Stakes, last of horse racing's Big Three for three-year-olds, great gobs of smart money again went on Lord Boswell he finished fifth, 5½ lengths behind Winner Assault...
...baited the hook with capital gains more skillfully than bald, smart Charlie Einfeld, onetime exploitation "genius" at Warner Brothers. In less than six months he had formed Enterprise Productions, signed up enough big name stars for six super epics. Typical was his deal to make Eric Remarque's Arch of Triumph. He landed Actress Ingrid Bergman with a promise of $175,000 in salary, plus half the profits; he promised Remarque 15% of the profits, Director Lewis Milestone and Producer Davis Lewis 10% each...
Peter W. R. Mitchell, a smart British banknote salesman, coolly turned the misunderstanding to his own account. He offered to print a colorful series of Guatemalan currency featuring a map of British Honduras. Gasped Banker Manuel Noriego Morales, "Will your Government permit you to print it?" "We are a free country," replied Mitchell smoothly, "and my company is not interested in politics...