Word: smarter
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...spite of the myth of Radcliffe gals being smarter," Peterson added, "the objective criteria seemed to indicate things were pretty much equal...
...words. The result often brings to mind Nancy Mitford's unkind remark that citizens of the U.S. speak English as if wrestling with a foreign tongue. That confronts the thoughtful pro-Jones reader with a dilemma. If Jones takes these clichés seriously, can he be any smarter than the people he writes about? If he doesn't, can he-pure commerce aside-be taken seriously...
...spoken to. Said James, a pimp who, like his favorite ho, is an excellent painter: "Notice how quiet she is. You know why she's quiet? 'Cause I'm talking, not because she has nothing to say. She's as smart as I am, or smarter; she got two degrees. But she's a quiet, humble, beautiful woman because she knows the position of her place, she likes it." And he added: "Each ho thinks her man is God. Do you understand how beautiful that is?" Iceberg Slim even admitted to playing God, because "what...
Later in the week, as he walked through Lafayette Park with TIME'S Hugh Sidey, Moynihan talked about the Administration mood that in part prompted his warm valedictory: "Look what they have been told: liberals get more women than they do, make more money, are smarter, are better looking. Their art is the best, their books are better. These fellows here are told that constantly, and what's worse, they have begun to believe...
...North Carolina's Fort Bragg, Lieut. General John J. Tolson III commands the XVIII Airborne Corps with a similar desire to "cut out the crap," contending: "The soldier today is smarter than 25 years ago. What worked in the Army then won't work now, and the older guys are going to have to accept that...