Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recorded its worst monthly deficit ever: $19.2 billion, up from $12.1 billion in October. U.S. officials pointed out that extraordinary factors were involved, including the rush of consumers to buy imported items like autos before tax reform eliminated sales-tax deductions. Said U.S. Under Secretary for International Trade Bruce Smart: "We remain confident that 1987 will see a significant improvement." Maybe so, but the November figure meant that the 1986 deficit was running at an annual rate of $173.5 billion, up 17% from the previous year. The Administration is eager to confront the trade issue before Congress decides to pass...
Little Shop's Faustian dilemma emerges when the plant wants something in return: blood. Named "Audrey II" by Seymour in honor of his dreamboat, the wisecracking, ghetto-smart plant (whose booming voice is performed by Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops) bellows "Feed me!" to the cringing Krelborn. How he deals with this unusual request is the problem of Little Shop...
Cohen says that I "readily admit" that the book is not for the lay public. When? Where? It's not for Cohen, that's for sure. But then he seems to have such a clear idea about what it ought to have been, maybe he's just too smart for mere reviews. He oughta write a book! Martin Linsky Lecturer in Public Policy
Green Bay Packers' offensive line coach Jerry Wampfler speaks highly of Moore's stint in Wisconsin. "He's a very intelligent guy. He was football smart, and he got a lot out of his ability," says Wampfler. "We put him at tight end on the goal line because he certainly wasn't noted for his speed, but when the ball was thrown to him, he caught...
...unselfish hockey player," Harvard Coach Bill Cleary said. "He attracts the puck and that's the sign of a good hockey player. He's got good balance and good reach. He's smart. I have nothing but admiration for a good hockey player. I don't care if he scores a hundred goals against us, I'm still going to admire...