Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Added to the three carryovers are three new musicals that rely heavily on lively, lavish productions and name stars: Happy Hunting offers the unmuted brass of Ethel Merman, Bells Are Ringing the smart dumb-blonde antics of Comedienne Judy Holliday, and Li'l Abner the howling hillbillies of Dogpatch plus a display of a lot of a few girls. "There has been a return to the old form of musicals," says Oscar Hammerstein II, looking back over the season to date, "shows with irresponsible, gay books that are fast and lively...
...refers to the swift dogs that roamed the Sinai desert as "monkey-faced." No one knows how or when the seed of the breed was transported to Afghanistan, but all along the wild, high borderland of northern India the great hounds became a royal canine family. They were smart enough to herd sheep, swift enough to run down deer, sturdy enough to tangle with leopards. Their broad, high-set hips lent unusual agility to their natural speed. They have been called "gaze hounds" because they spotted their prey by sight, not scent. British officers back from Asian duty told tales...
...hearts of the Texans. Said Coates: "To quite a few of us who are still a little hot under the collar, this program may mean the time when certain well-known novelists who have partaken of Texas hospitality [e.g., Edna Ferber, author of Giant] and certain self-styled smart-chat writers for such magazines as Esquire and Holiday [e.g., Author Cleveland Amory] who have pointed out the crudities of certain Texans in tiresome, monotonous repetition, will remember to mention what Texans have done for institutions like this and for the humanities generally...
...powers that be may be smart...
...some bigger payoffs. The new champion is not an exciting fighter or remotely as great as the one he succeeded. But he promises to be a diligent one, and there ought to be some lively Donnybrooks in the middleweight division before Gene Fullmer runs into anyone tough and smart enough to dethrone...