Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...difference between millions and billions in a Defense Department cost-overrun story he's working on. But he knows how to shed a calculated tear on-camera during a human-interest interview. In one sense, Tom is the reverse of Bud Fox: he isn't bright, but he's smart -- smart enough to use his looks and his nice, helpful, attractive attitude to get intelligent people to push him toward stardom, so that they connive in the erosion of their ideals. He is the ultimate salesman and, Brooks suggests, the ultimate news product...
Pretty and smart, the Beijing first-grader has nonetheless become a nightmare to her doting parents. "Weiwei turns on the television to watch cartoons after doing only 15 minutes of homework," complains her father. "She eats lots of chocolate but hardly touches her meals." Last May, in full sight of her guests, Weiwei, 7, imperiously scraped off for herself all the icing on her birthday cake. When her father scolded her, she snapped, "You're a monster...
...next time you've got a sure thing going, and you just know you're going to win, bear Damon Runyon's advice in mind. "Son, no matter how far you travel, or how smart you get, always remember this: Some day, somewhere, a guy is going to come to you and show you a deck of cards on which the seal is never broken, and this guy is going to offer to bet you that the jack of spades will jump out of this deck and squirt cider in your...
Though Harvard scored six goals in the first period, it did not press as hard in the last two stanzas. Instead, Harvard played a smart skating and passing game, not only setting up good scoring opportunities, but also shutting down B.C.'s offense...
Betsy Reveal, administrative dean of the Kennedy School of Government, has worked with Lashman on Kennedy School construction projects. She said, "He's smart, savvy, and knows his business very well...