Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...high-tech equipment and 400,000 technical documents. As a result, declares Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Perle, they have cut the U.S. technological lead from ten years to as little as three. For the U.S. and its NATO allies, who rely on brains to beat brawn, on "smart weapons" to counter the larger Warsaw Pact forces, the high-tech drain is a factor of consequence in the precarious balance of power...
...about college because then at least you can be a schoolteacher, which is a very respectable profession for any woman.' My mother would say to my father, 'The girl wants to be an opera star.' And my father would say, 'The two boys will go to college and be smart; this one will get married.' And my mother would say, 'No, the two boys will go to college and be smart; this one won't be smart, she'll only be an opera star...
Despite a trend to the right at Harvard. McGuire says students at Harvard are "out of touch with the political world," adding. "There is a hell of a lot more to being a politician than to being smart...
...SMART WOMEN, FOOLISH CHOICES, Cowan and Kinder...
...center of attention is always Dad: no bit of action goes by without a quip, double take or comic harangue. It upsets the show's balance and throws off its rhythm. Significantly, Cosby's jokes are often followed by a reaction shot of a family member laughing. Smart comic that he is, Cosby has brought his audience onstage...