Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...maverick who introduced mass merchandising to the stock market. He wooed Middle America by abolishing service charges, slashing markups on many stock trades, and running lively advertising campaigns in national newspapers and magazines. A sample slogan from a Merrill Lynch ad, circa 1940: "Hats off to a smart little housewife!... When Sue thinks of investments, she consults a reliable organization like Merrill Lynch." The upstart firm grabbed a lead on its stuffy competitors and never looked back...
...sports commentator: "I really believe I'm the best. My relationship with the men who play the games - all games - is probably unparalleled in this country." Private Citizen Joan Kennedy assesses herself for a Ladies' Home Journal interviewer: "I have talent. I know I'm smart. I got straight A's in graduate school. I've still got my looks. I know I've got all these terrific things going for me. I mean, my God, you are talking to, I think, one of the most fascinating women in this country." Sugar Babies Star...
Chapus calls McCurdy a deceptively smart man and an exceptional athlete, "I can honestly say that he is very...
...dude, cool and sassy, street smart and maybe even mean if somebody tries to hassle him. Anyway, he will have you know that there is plenty of righteous rage underneath his hipster's slickness-better not mess with...
Then she got very smart, very fast. Her instinct for competitive public relations, as shrewd and sure as her court sense, told her that you only win if you control the game. She knew that the story was shaking loose, and that more denials would only put reporters into a feeding frenzy. She knew that if Barnett had to prove the sapphic connection in court, she could organize a parade of witnesses who would keep the tabloids happy for weeks. So King decided that she herself must manage the stagecraft of her public humiliation. Her parents on one side...