Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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They are the people without voices, the ones who don't know enough, don't care enough, aren't smart enough, aren't independent enough, aren't healthy enough and aren't brave enough to learn to survive in a capitalist world. One day, perhaps in 20 years, the transition to capitalism will have made the Soviet UnUnion a healthier and wealthier place than it ever was under Communism. But that is cold comfort for the voiceless people...
...general type -- determinedly jaunty, self-consciously American. Having proved themselves unsurpassed at manufacturing and mass-marketing reliable, well- engineered cars, the Japanese seem to have descended on Los Angeles specifically to master the improbable art of creating cars that thrill. The most successful California designs have been tough-but-smart, fun-but- practical Middle American vehicles (Toyota's Previa minivan, Nissan's Pathfinder, Isuzu's Trooper and Amigo) or else sports cars that temper the species' inherent sexiness with a certain grownup decorousness (the Celica, the Miata...
...Zoning out helpfully, she lobbed puffballs ("Did you ever dream you'd be so successful?") at radio deejays Mark and Brian, stars of a new NBC series. And, of course, she brought baby pictures. After years of experimentation, network television may have finally developed the perfect morning-show host: smart but unassuming, cute but not plastic, the girl next door with a grin that reaches for the rafters. What's more, she gets along with both Bryant and Willard. Who was that Jane person anyway...
...against a popular President? For this expert hack, the answer follows the old if-you-can't-beat-'em-join-'em logic. Clinton figures he has to run as a moderate. Cut spending. Support the death penalty. Talk pro-business and anti-liberal. For conservative times, this is smart. Too bad it's bullshit...
...Thomas nomination was no contest from the start. There was never a real question of character, just political views. Thomas isn't a bad guy--he's just conservative. Bush's pick of Thomas was smart--divide the Blacks, confuse the liberals, and before you know it, you've got a conservative on the Court for the next 40 years...