Word: smarter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...every domestic and foreign assignment he has always adhered to another of his rules of thumb: "There is always somebody smarter than you are." From the beginning he has called on the top men in the fields of law, economics and politics to aid him. This is not to say that the scope of his advice is in any way limited to consultant knowledge. The "world commuter" is a lawyer in his own right and a regular contributor to agricultural, educational, legal, economic and religious journals...
...keen and retentive mind, effortlessly stayed in the top tier of her classes. But she seemed to fear scaring her friends away by being both beautiful and bright, often hid her intelligence behind a mask of schoolgirl innocence. Recalls Socialite Jonathan Isham: "She was so much smarter than most of the people around her that she sublimated it. Therefore, she sometimes comes across as a wide-eyed, sappy type. It's pure defense. When I'd take her to the Yale Bowl, and it'd be fourth down and five...
...offering to buy every spectator an ice-cream bar if Abbey lost-it did, but the ice cream was donated free by a manufacturer-and by insisting that there are "no secrets to basketball any more except recruiting." Says he: "Give me a seven-footer and I'm smarter than any coach in the business...
...smarter now than when I had the big fastball," says Spahn. "I do a lot of things now besides just knowing the batters and being able to hit the spots. Sometimes I get behind hitters on purpose. That makes them hungry hitters. They start looking for fat pitches. I make my living off hungry hitters...
Harry Truman: A surprising man, smarter than most people realized. Truman and I long have been friends...