Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Madame Murashkina proved to be a grandmother and an engineer, a pale, thin woman of 47 with drawn-back grey hair, austerely dressed in a rough tweed suit, shapeless black hat, flat-heeled shoes and rayon stockings. With her was a smart blond translator, a huge Russian MVD guard, and two solemn Tass reporters. Everybody was at the station to meet her except Mrs. Weston. The mayor said his wife had a cold, but gossips called it a diplomatic illness. Next day, to give gossips the lie, Mayoress Weston put on her hat, went to see Murashkina at her flat...
...Norris rises to the leader ship of the local union, almost cracks up psychologically (he has an urge to molest children), but pulls himself together in time to lead the second strike. Don Lockwood, a handsome Polish boy (born Kosinski), is torn between labor politics and the Chicago smart set; he gets to be a Democratic Party boss, but lets the workers down in the second strike. Aaron Levin, a sensitive young Jewish intellectual, wanders through the Catholic Church, the Communist Party and the local synagogue in search of a sustaining faith...
...just want to get those stills broken up," said the investigator. "We'll be looking for others, but the kids here would be smart to break them up first and never start them again...
...judges because they allowed Ireland's Captain Michael Tubridy to cut inside a timing flag in winning the West Point Challenge Trophy. But when the Show's president, Brigadier General Alfred G. Tuckerman, proved that the flag was no course marker, Mariles ended by complimenting Tubridy for smart riding...
...Denver Symphony Orchestra, six years ago, was a lackluster outfit playing to small, dutiful audiences, and losing money on a budget of $60,000. Last week the budget was up to a smart $260,000; the symphony season opened in Denver Municipal Auditorium (3,200 seats) with a near sellout crowd in evening dress, and the music sparkled...