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Word: smarter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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That point is a particularly sore one with American, since it is the only transcontinental U.S. airline that does no business overseas, having given up routes to Scandinavia and West Germany in 1950. "If we had been four times smarter than we were," says American Chairman C. R. Smith, "we might have seen in 1950 what the Marshall Plan would do, and we would have anticipated the European boom." Moreover, American has recently lost out on applications for some lucrative domestic routes, notably Miami-Los Angeles, has added only one major nonstop route, New York-San Francisco, in six years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aviation: The Great Air Race | 1/14/1966 | See Source »

...rather build roads for Boy Scouts. I feel sorry for the lame, the weak, the ill and the stupid; they aren't going to run the country for you. What I'm trying to do is make a place where the smart will get smarter, the strong stronger, and the swift swifter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: ADVENTURE & THE AMERICAN INDIVIDUALIST | 11/19/1965 | See Source »

...readable attack on U.S. policy in Southeast Asia. Returning after seven years to the ancient and mythical kingdom of Sarkhan, where they first discovered The Ugly American, they find the usual ragtag group of bumbling, arrogant and stupid Americans. The Communists, of course, are as smart as ever. Even smarter. For, instead of being satisfied slowly to win over the Sarkhanese masses because the Americans are too lazy to learn their language and customs, the Communists are plotting a fraudulent invasion of the tiny kingdom so that the U.S. will rush its elephantine army into the dense bamboo. Naturally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Afraid of Ants | 10/29/1965 | See Source »

...flattered that you included me in your story "How to Become a Millionaire" [July 9]. However, I feel that perhaps the most important rule for succeeding in business was overlooked by everyone you mentioned. Simply put, it amounts to: "Surround yourself with people smarter than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 23, 1965 | 7/23/1965 | See Source »

...Macro is 'great' biotic is life--the great life. You eat this food and you become conscious of things you never knew before. First your body feels better, then you get smarter...

Author: By Nancy Moran, | Title: Yin Crowd Gets High on Brown Rice | 4/2/1965 | See Source »

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