Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...such stunts, husky, 29-year-old Reporter Keasler, a war veteran who broke in on the Journal (circ. 248,791) only a year ago, has made himself the most talked-about newsman in Atlanta. As a self-made smart aleck he has not yet been shot at or even punched, but he has given Atlantans plenty of provocation...
...Little People. Scully, author of a big-selling humorous anthology called Fun in Bed, is a Hollywood columnist for Variety, show business' smart-cracking trade sheet. On nearly every page of his solemn book is proof that he may not know much about science but that he is, as they say in show business, an "operator...
...with-of all people-his wife, and it is played with a passion that U.S. movies never seem to find in married couples who have school-age children. In the other woman (Patricia Neal), who gets nowhere with Morgan, the script fashions an acid, quip-studded portrait of a smart tart on the make...
...second, a 15-round decision, by his own superb combination of light, windmill jabs, dodging footwork and his uncanny ability to shove, nudge and push his opponent off balance. For the third go last week, the fans thought they knew pretty much what to expect; the smart money was on youth and Sandy Saddler's hand grenades...
...standard routine in going after the big boys (300 Ibs. and up) is to use a batch of expensive equipment, hire a trim cruiser with a smart crew, then settle comfortably into a special swivel chair and wait for the fish to bite. Commander Hodgson got his tuna the hard...