Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Most of Smith's votes probably came from noncommunist union members and from plain citizens who believed that he would be a smart, efficient official. Smith, no stranger to City Hall, where he served as alderman in 1937, was expected to play down revolution, play up municipal reform...
...Smart General Patton had brought plenty of artillery into the Bastogne pocket. Thirteen battalions of big field guns laid down a two-hour barrage. The paratroopers heard German wounded screaming in the woods. Of 28 attacking German tanks, 21 were knocked out by artillery, three more by U.S. tanks and tank destroyers. The other four fled...
...applying Principles 1 and 2 (the whittled Luftwaffe had been pushed back from the Channel, the Seine-Loire triangle had been effectively isolated days before the invasion). The Allies' sweep across France was speeded by air power's application of Principle 3 in team with swift, smart ground tactics...
...five years of art study; Bud Counihan is still convinced her real talent lies in art.) She has well in mind, before she starts, what each star can wear: "Bergman is something so beautiful you must play it down. You cannot overpower Ingrid with clothes." "Make Fontaine smart, feminine and refined." "Keep Shirley looking sweet sixteen with soft hair, pigtails and girlish pinafores...
...Christian Science Monitor's smart little Roscoe Drummond fished for information on the Big Three Conference, and was told that his question was highly speculative. He cracked back: "I'd like to eliminate the speculation, sir, and get to the highest source." The President chuckled. So, he said, would...