Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...There are not too many Ivy players around, but you never know. Sometimes you hit a sleeper," Swerc said. "Curry's a smart player and he seems to be a smart guy," he added...
...music business--as in other performing arts and athletics--there seems to be an over-whelming desire to continue, defying time, that tempts all but the most self-controlled of men. The smart ones know that the deck is stacked against them; no matter how great they are, the years will catch up. A good example of someone who failed to quit soon enough was Willie Mays, who hung on until the age of 42. By that time the former star had become a diminished figure...
...uphill fight to unseat four-term Republican Senator Clifford Case. Singer Patti Smith, cavorting in tight silver pants, with an American flag draped over her shoulders, set her sights even higher. "Let's put a jock in the White House," she bellowed. "He's a smart...
...either side of the issue believes that OSHA'S activities will be substantially affected. There may be some early delays while OSHA inspectors learn how to get warrants, but this phase should pass quickly. In any event, smart employers will probably not often insist on a warrant. Doing so may just make the inspectors more suspicious and more demanding in their inspections...
...spend a life than laughing at the lower orders? Such was Mencken's amusement during the '20s and early '30s. It was a resentful, mocking epoch; Americans, disillusioned by World War I, were anxious to smash icons and uncover clay feet. In newspapers, magazines -the Smart Set and the American Mercury-and some 40 books, Mencken merrily blasted Christianity in general and the Bible Belt in particular. He satirized professors, savaged politicians and labeled the majority of Americans-i.e., anyone who did not agree with the author's prejudices-as the booboisie...