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Word: smartest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...smartest player I've ever played with," tri-captain and left-winger Julie Brynteson said. "It's nice playing in front of her because she always makes the right play. If I miss a pass from Gia it's because I was in the wrong place...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Gia Johnson: Watching the Team Work | 11/2/1979 | See Source »

Jensen's studies of IQ may or may not be valid; however, TIME's allusion to the Jews as being the smartest race on earth completely contradicts basic scientific knowledge. The Jews are not a race but are one of the world's myriad religions. Indeed, Judaism includes in its numbers individuals of many different races, including black, Oriental and Caucasian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 15, 1979 | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

Which is the smartest race on earth? Many nominate the Jews, whose intellectual achievements are out of proportion to their small numbers. C.P. Snow thinks the Japanese may be even brighter. Such musings are best muttered at late night bull sessions. In public, ranking races by intelligence is apt to smack of simple racism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Return of Arthur Jensen | 9/24/1979 | See Source »

Given rewards and penalties, free people will figure out the smartest ways to turn shortage into surfeit. If this sounds like the businessman's typical gospel, it also makes sense. Says McLaughlin: "Somehow, Government incentives must combine with the technical knowledge that business has to create an efficient partnership. I just don't know of any other solution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Executive View: Water, Water | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

...Colombian authorities and Spradley in the Riohacha hospital, Chief Rogers became convinced that his man might have been seeking something other than drill bits on his ill-fated flight. Said he: "My impression is that it was a marijuana run, a drug deal gone bad. Spradley is not the smartest person in the world." So he decided to head home, leaving Everitt to pick up the pieces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: High Adventure In Colombia | 5/28/1979 | See Source »

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