Word: smartly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wildly misnomered unit that reacted to Bush's assaults by dreaming up counterattacks that the candidate then rarely delivered. His main job, Stephanopoulos jokes, was to serve as a sounding board for one-liners to see if they would get a laugh. "I was just another short, over-smart Greek without a sense of humor...
...example, Clinton will face the challenge of selecting people willing to play their assigned roles without complaint. If his appointment of Harvard's Robert Reich to oversee economic issues during the transition translates into Reich's anointment as Economic Security adviser, the Administration will be well served. "Besides being smart as hell, Bob has the temperament to manage competing egos," says Roger Altman, a Clinton economic-policy adviser. "He is unflappable and well respected, someone the others could work with harmoniously, knowing their positions would be faithfully presented to the President...
...latest from Little Rock is that Clinton has kicked back this and other lists asking for "more names, different names." That's "his pattern," says a Clinton aide, "but he often returns to the original list, as he did with Al Gore." That is why the smart money is on Volcker, Rivlin and Reich, a trio that would satisfy Clinton's desire for a "Wow!" response from the financial community. "All he knows for sure at this point," said this Clinton aide last Friday, "is that whomever he selects had better play well with others. Only collegiality will get results...
...never seen anyone with her natural talent," said women's lacrosse player Brooke Earley. "She's fast and she's strong and she's smart...
Meanwhile, the old editor mused in the alternative "Oak Leaf" that Friday about the mindset of his detractors: "I can imagine your feeling that you're...not quite smart enough unless you can say, 'Excuse me, but, I find that really offensive,' to at least five people per day." The Heirs didn't understand the Randoms, and the Randoms didn't say much...