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...room. They bedeviled his witnesses, dug up old ordinances to confound him. Douglas confessed to friends: "I have three degrees. I have been associated with intelligent and intellectual people for many years. Some of these aldermen haven't gone through the fifth grade. But they're the smartest bunch of bastards I ever saw grouped together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: The Making of a Maverick | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

...Floyd Wilson of the freshmen plans to start his regular five, he is hopeful that he will be able to give his reserves plenty of action. He said yesterday he was pleased with his club's progress to date, terming Saturday's 63 to 57 victory over Northeastern "the smartest game we've played this season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Favored '53 Five To Play New Prep | 1/11/1950 | See Source »

...Tavern, has never been known to his Third Avenue customers or his nationwide radio audience as a particularly fast man with a buck. But by last week, when Duffy's Tavern (Thurs. 9:30 p.m., NBC) returned to the air, it was clear that Archie was under the smartest kind of management. Rasp-voiced Ed Gardner, who plays Archie and produces the program, had accomplished the modern miracle of getting out of the reach of the tax collector...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Call of the Islands | 10/10/1949 | See Source »

...Angeles, which has managed to survive a cemetery with a floodlighted duck pond, Mickey Cohen and the tribal rites of Hollywood, seemed to be taking the hot rods in stride. The smartest thing to do was keep off the streets after dark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Gangway! | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

Last year on the September day when the Boston Braves clinched the National League pennant, Billy Southworth was quiet and thoughtful. The Boston press and the Braves management were calling him the smartest manager in baseball; he had done wonders with a team of youngsters and temperamental castoffs from other clubs. But Southworth was worried about the World Series (which the Braves lost in six games to the Cleveland Indians). Also, he wondered whether his Cinderella outfit would hold up this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Headaches | 8/29/1949 | See Source »

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