Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...such as the New York Herald Tribune) had been yelling its head off that he was giving Japan a "soft peace," that he was playing politics with Hirohito, that he was playing politics wih the U.S. voters, etc., etc. In a revealing question-&-answer session with U.P.'s smart President Hugh Baillie, the General answered a spate of home criticism and gave the best account yet of his plans and purposes in occupied Japan...
Thirty years ago Italian-born Gabriella Besanzoni was one of the world's topflight Carmens (La Scala). Then she married Brazil's millionaire banker and industrialist. Henrique Lage. In Rio, Madame Lage held sway at smart soirees, horsed her way into Brazilian society's front ranks...
...time this flurry of announcements had died, Lockheed's smart, shy 48-year-old President Robert E. Gross had firm orders on the books for $68,000,000 worth of Constellations, largest single block of commercial orders in aviation history. With this fat backlog, Lockheed moved into Planemaker Donald W. Douglas' place as the No. 1 U.S. commercial plane builder. In one hop, the four-motored, 51 passenger Constellation had carried Lockheed to the top of the heap...
...bedroom cars, but designed for daytime comfort, too. Partitions will fold aside so that several rooms can be made into one for day travel. Beds, and practically everything else not needed during the day, will fold into wall space to make room for comfortable chairs and lounges. Smart dressing-table tops will cover lavatories and plumbing. Shower baths will be installed in bedrooms...
...smart Ezequiel Padilla still thought he had a chance to win: ("Nothing will make me desert, even to the ultimate sacrifice if necessary.") He was counting heavily on public reaction against the corruption of officials in power, on a growing wave of popular resentment against the fantastic mordida (bite) that Mexico's venal politicos were taking from a thousand-and-one large and petty rackets, from milk distribution to street paving...