Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...handle it he has hired 240 more U.S. workers. Impressed with these results, other San Francisco competitors have begun to copy Schuman's methods, and the San Francisco Coat & Suit Association is sending a representative to Paris to study Schuman's plan. Says Adolph Schuman: "It is smart, profitable business on both sides, not philanthropy...
...mother undress him, only balking when she rubbed oil on his face and hair. "I have two friends here I play with," sputtered through the wash-cloth. "One is French, too, but you know," pointing to his head, "he's not so smart, and he is afraid of the animals. But the English boy whose father has the lions, is good. He knows what to do when a snake comes by. Do you know that...
...crystal ball to foretell the Legion's future actions, the next best indicator is the American Legion Magazine which follows the party line pretty well. Throughout the year, the magazine ran stories showing education in the pinkest spotlight possible, among them, "Our Academic Hucksters." After a barrage of "Smart Alecs," "Brainy Boys," and "Reds," the article asked, "How many courses in contemporary literature use George Orwell's Animal Farm or 1984, Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon, Wittaker Chambers' Witness (probably the greatest autobiography in the world)? Instead they ballyhoo the dull books of the cultural left--Grapes of Wrath...
...regular at Ike's bridge table. A crackerjack player, good-humored Fred Vinson has never been known to get openly riled at a partner's misplay. Another regular is Air Secretary Harold Talbott. who has a competitive spirit to match Ike's, and plays an equally smart game. Among occasional players: Treasury Secretary George Humphrey, Under Secretary of State Bedell Smith; Banker Clifford Roberts; Newspaper Executive William E. Robinson, Bridge Master Oswald Jacoby. (Says Jacoby: "The President plays better bridge than golf; he tries to break 90 at golf; at bridge you would say he plays...
...road signs all over the U.S. touting Harold's. At the casino itself, Ray and his sons follow the best retailing traditions. They don't primarily want big gamblers, instead go after volume from the little fellow who has a few dollars to shoot. Just like any smart supermarket, Harold's tries to keep its customers on the move, tempting them with "impulse buying" gimmicks along...