Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...greatest weakness of the Harvard offense is the lack of a smart, consistent quarterback. Eric Crone is strong and fast, and he throws bullets, but he seems to spend most of his time pumping the ball and vainly looking for his receivers, who are usually wide open...
...star himself, keeps expecting his speeches to end in a song. Gorgeous sets, an even more gorgeous Anna (Samantha Eggar) and a brood of cute Oriental brats seem equally out of place in a show that is nothing more than the standard TV saga of the dumb daddy, the smart mamma and the smarter kids who walk over both of them...
...Asia without regard for their future is not the moral course but the expedient one. Doubtless thousands of students disagree with this analysis, but to refuse it they must apply more argument to the problem rather than pious phrases to placards. Clark Kerr put it well: "what's so smart about carrying a sign...
...finicky eater. An incisive mind. Handsome, Debonair. A forceful and articulate defender for the wild kingdom. His understanding of the natural and man-made laws concerning animals will lead others to a better appreciation of an animal's beauty and its crucial role in the balance of nature. Extremely smart, Quick reactions. Football MVP. Also lettered in baseball. Won Spanish award. Gutsy. Especially effective on rollout, but a good dropback passer...
...early arguments with which Lucifer tries to wheedle power from God seem facile and merely clever, but toward the end he makes us question the justice of a God who, with full foreknowledge, tempts Cain to kill Abel. Played as a pretty-boy smart-ass by the top-billed Hal Holbrook, the Devil resembles a cross between a quick-talking, shifty-eyed lawyer and a slightly hip John Wayne. Holbrook appears appropriately serpentine even as he swaggers with self-esteem, but perhaps he could temper his over-confidence a little, considering he flubbed his lines at least three times...