Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Didn't Die: Smart planning kept rapid commercial and industrial growth from choking off the town's charm. When Wal-Mart wanted in, Danville made the discounter downsize its signs and plant screens of trees around...
...draws on his own life for subject matter may, in the process of working out private demons, be unlocking major creative forces. But rummaging through that old trunk in the attic can just as easily be a sign of flagging inspiration. Of course, it may also be a smart marketing move: in the age of Oprah, a writer who abandons boring fiction in favor of juicy self-revelation is apt to win friends and influence critics...
Another significant upcoming performance for the Bosstones is a New Years Eve jam ("The Last Blast of '97") at the Worcester Centrum. A couple of their favorite contemporary bands, ska veterans Bim Skala Bim (yes, they're still around and making great music) and the street-smart punk posse Dropkick Murphys, open up the wholly Providence and Boston-based concert...
...were getting outhustled," Walsh said. "Our defensive zone coverage was awful, we were playing with the puck too long, and people weren't sticking to their marks. We weren't making smart decisions...
...mangled car wreck two decades hence? According to the number-crunchers, it's best to be elderly, educated and female. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rate of traffic-related injuries and deaths, because it has a high population of young men ? the riskiest drivers ? and low education standards. Smart women drivers in Western countries are the safest...