Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...deadly challenge to the Teamsters' aging (62) International President Dave Beck. Hoffa had run up a list of arrests, e.g., for brawling in a picket line, that he smilingly admitted was "as long as your arm." Even so, nearly everyone in organized labor figured that he was too smart to get into the sort of trouble that would halt his drive for Beck's job. Last week he was in just that sort of trouble...
...Cheasty well-guarded pending the trial), Hoffa could be both imprisoned and fined. He could easily afford the fine and, all other things being equal, he was still young enough to take a prison sentence in stride. But Jimmy Hoffa had built his whole reputation on being an awesomely smart guy. And that reputation could hardly survive being caught with the goods while pulling an incredibly stupid stunt...
Though this federal program, plus the drought, has helped to cut the state's wheat acreage in half (present crop: 6,700,000 acres), it has also speeded up a three-year rise in farmland values, and given smart operators a new way to make money. In Morris County (county seat: Council Grove), Lawyer Marlin Brown and a partner got 5½% insurance-company loans to buy eight farms, 1,500 acres, for an average $62.50 an acre. They plan to farm only the best 200 acres, but can put 771 of the poorer acres into the soil bank...
Silberstein has to have his stock, said Sarlie, because it is the "controlling" block. Early in the fight Sarlie was smart enough to see that the battle would be close, since President Robert Morse Jr. and his family own 34% of the stock. At first Sarlie bought 70,000 shares with his own and borrowed money. He sold 20,000 shares to Silberstein and agreed to sell the other 50,000 after the annual meeting-at a profit of $369,200. When his computations showed that Silberstein was still short some 60,000 shares of what he needs, Sarlie said...
...guard against frivolous visitors and suspected pirates, every manufacturer has to deposit $1,500 (deductible from future purchases) just to get in. Store buyers deposit $430. In the grey-and-gold salon the atmosphere is as tense and excited as a first night on Broadway. Smart, lean women in the toque hats of the latest...