Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...making of Quinn and his book, for it is then that he falls helplessly in love with Maud and launches himself on the adventures that he will gradually learn to capture in words. "Quinn," he asks himself at one point, "when will you become wise, or even smart?" Quinn's Book provides the answer...
...earned; it would be a bold stroke against the nation's greatest sin, one that could actually sweep the Democrats to victory by arousing the passions of social justice. Or he could say no, that he has never had the least desire to be Vice President and he is smart enough to realize that such a ticket would probably lose and thus cripple both his personal ambitions and his cause...
...mutual friend brought together the 24-year-old divorcee and the serious, idealistic Harvard Law graduate. The normally frugal Dukakis took her to a smart French restaurant and an Italian movie on their first date. (They hated the movie, left early and went back to her apartment for tea.) Dukakis was quickly smitten. She was impressed with how he took to her son, occasionally baby-sitting while Kitty studied for an exam. When the two decided to marry, Dukakis' parents were less than thrilled: they liked her, but a divorced woman with a young son was not what they...
...They are basically smart mugs that want to play football," Saenz added. "We put more money into our sports...
...coxswain decides along with the stroke, who rows in the first seat facing the cox, where to keep the stroke rate depending on how the race is going and how the rowers feel. In Saturday's race, Hugh Evans rowed portside stroke. The stroke has to be smart, in order to sense when members of the boat can be pushed, and also aggressive enough to know when they must be pushed...