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Word: smarted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mouth of Jaws, and you will find the infant fear of things that go chomp in the night. Search the skies for a Close Encounter, and you can chart a child's hope that whoever is out there will be just like him: small and smooth and smart and cuddly. Track the Lost Ark's Raiders, and you will discover the thrill of escape that whets the imagination of every fifth-grade Indiana Jones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Steve's Summer Magic | 5/31/1982 | See Source »

...recently won a public-speaking contest at his school, and he wants to attend Harvard because "I want to hang out with all the smart people...

Author: By Gwen Knapp, | Title: The Harvard Fan | 5/28/1982 | See Source »

...friends think Kate's smart because the goes to Harvard, and they think she's really good athlete because she tried out for the U.S. hockey team," he said...

Author: By Gwen Knapp, | Title: The Harvard Fan | 5/28/1982 | See Source »

Bird may be countrified, but he is canny in the style of Will Stockdale in the play No Time for Sergeants. "I'm pretty smart on the court, if not so smart in real life," drawls Bird, hinting he is not too dumb anywhere. "He has an instinct," Cousy says, "a natural feeling for the sport, vision, long arms, unselfish attitude"-up to this point, Cousy could be describing himself-"and everything else you might want to order. He's the most innovative player." His specialty: one-time-only passes for one-time-only plays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Best the Game Offers | 5/24/1982 | See Source »

...between Woody Allen and Bozo the Clown. But Von Bülow knows that Alan Dershowitz, 43, is no joke. He got the Harvard law professor out of bed at 7 a.m. six weeks ago to ask him to handle his appeal. Why Dershowitz? To be sure, he is smart, energetic and an expert in criminal law, but so are others. What made Dershowitz the right choice is that he has become, perhaps, the top lawyer of last resort in the country-a sort of judicial St. Jude-the mouthpiece, or patron saint, of hopeless cases. Says Dershowitz: "I play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: The Lawyer of Last Resort | 5/17/1982 | See Source »

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