Word: smarting
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...complain about politics, and the radical critics of American government have good points. Money talks. Some politicians are corrupt; some are stupid; some are insane. But the cynics are wrong. “The system” does respond when we speak. If we work hard and work smart we can make change. Money talks because we don’t. Corrupt politicians stay in office because we vote for them. As Harvard students, we represent an elite with more power than most citizens will ever have. We’re not being kept down by the system...
While Stockman has no experience in corporate finance or security trading, his reputation as a workaholic numbers cruncher with an unsurpassed knowledge of Government financing was enough to satisfy his new employer. Said John Gutfreund, chief executive of Phibro-Salomon Inc.: "He's young, he's smart, there are new worlds for him to conquer." Before he joins the firm in November, Stockman has told friends, he plans to write a tell-all book. That could bring in an additional $1 million...
...part of a deliberate, Machiavellian plot to create support for the older product. Said he: "Some critics will say Coca-Cola has made a marketing mistake. Some cynics say that we planned the whole thing. The truth is, we're not that dumb, and we're not that smart...
...degrees; a photo taken with Attorney General Edwin Meese; another photo taken years ago on Tinian, showing Agnew and his fellow scientists at a briefing session the night before the Hiroshima bombing; and near his desk, a framed photo of his wife Beverly, now 65, looking crisp and very smart...
...brother, who was off to the war. And I ran into Oppie. And all he said was: 'Where's Beverly?' Which crushed me. From that day I knew exactly where I stood with that guy." Agnew chuckles. "I never really liked the guy, anyway. He was too smart and too rich and too handsome...