Word: smartly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...formula is depressingly familiar: a happy woman has her life shattered by a senseless crime, family tragedy or miscarriage of justice. From then on, society conspires against her with the intensity of the manhunt that pursued Thelma and Louise. Her enemies are smart and conniving, her allies weak and ineffectual. Her husband may try to help, but he is typically unreliable. Children, though loving, can be cruel. And everybody yells...
...Mead is one of the strongest goalies in Division I soccer," Flionis said. "She's a great athlete, tactically smart, and she has a great natural sense in the goal...
...Chess makes kids smart," said Duran...
...puzzles of 20th century China. All this takes the form of a spectacular adventure traced from Chang's 19th century great-grandmother, who was born and given no name, to her grandmother, who was bartered into concubinage in exchange for a government position, to her mother, who was too smart and too pragmatic to be considered a good Communist by the party...
...baseball, as in other businesses, two cardinal rules apply: be smart and be lucky. The postmodern era adds: but first you must be inept. If a franchise is bad enough long enough, it gets to draft some good young talent (as the Braves did with Steve Avery, David Justice and John Smoltz). Then, if it is canny, it will trade one pricey player for two or three prospects (as the Twins did last year, losing Frank Viola to the Mets and gaining three blossoming pitchers in return). Finally, if fortune is kind, the team will find a few middle-income...