Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...report that a resolution regretting the dominant influence of the U.S. among the democratic nations was passed by the Oxford Union under the persuasion of [British Philosopher] C.E.M. Joad [TIME, June 12]. He is an irresponsible smart aleck, the measure of whose irresponsibility in attacking America may be gauged from the fact that he had the effrontery to write a book about the U.S. entitled The Babbitt Warren [Harper, 1927] at a time when he had never even visited this country...
...councillor said he feels his work is the only thing to do, since, he contends, there are so many students who "are merely adolescents and pick up things from so-called 'smart' professors who are in reality advocating Communism...
...Smart Bid. Communists concentrated their campaign on a demand for withdrawal of U.S. occupation forces, a popular issue with most Japanese...
...unofficial tallies showed 171,828 votes for Castellanos to 119,555 for his opponent, merry Antonio Prío Socarrás, the Auténtico (government) party's candidate, brother of Cuba's President Carlos Prío and the odds-on favorite of smart political dopesters...
...Marshall Plan had not been in effect you would have had part of Western Europe at least under the domination of the Kremlin and we would have spent much more for increased defense than we have spent for the Marshall Plan. Now, if we carry on a smart, resourceful cold war, the kind of war free people can carry on, Russia will be contained...