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Word: smartly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think Martin is a show that's projecting us forward," says Dr. Alvin Poussaint, professor of psychiatry at Harvard University Medical School and a former consultant to the Cosby Show. "Cosby was concerned about the limited range of roles blacks were playing on TV. Most sitcoms show a street-smart buffoonish image, but there are so many other images in the black community. Shucking and jivving is not representative of black America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Black and Blue | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

...Ellison says Jasper is a naturally smart dog, but being at Harvard has made him smarter. "Absolutely Harvard has made Jasper more intelligent," she says, "but he hasn't been to any classes. He goes to my office in William James [Hall], though...

Author: By Jeffrey N. Gell, | Title: Is Harvard Going to the Dogs? | 11/20/1993 | See Source »

Russian President Boris Yeltsin continues to walk a political tightrope, and if we're smart, we'll be right behind him, offering him both a steadying hand and firm guidance...

Author: By David L. Bosco, | Title: The Russian High Wire Game | 11/17/1993 | See Source »

...novel's major puzzles are why Brennan, the tough old cop on the surveillance team, has gone wrong after a good career; and why Harry Dell'Appa, the smart, cocky young cop, was banished to the Siberia of western Massachusetts. When Dell'Appa finally figures things out, it's clear that Brennan explained himself in the first few sentences he spoke and that Dell'Appa isn't the only smart, ruthless member of his own family. The novel is mannered and the narration moves crabwise, and some readers may bail out. The rest of us may agree that this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Solve It Again, Sam | 11/15/1993 | See Source »

...Smart Kids, Dumb Schools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week October 31-November 6 | 11/15/1993 | See Source »

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