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Word: smartly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Morgan is out of a job. His only consolation is that unemployed managers tend to get smart almost as quickly as employed ones get stupid...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Playing the Blame Game | 10/23/1991 | See Source »

...callow or experienced, mellow or intense. Winning matters. If you win, everybody thinks you're a genius. If you lose, you're an idiot. And you're history. Growing up in New York, I watched George Steinbrenner, that noted evaluator of human nature, decide that Billy Martin was smart, then stupid, then smart, then stupid, smart, stupid, smart, then stupid again...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Playing the Blame Game | 10/23/1991 | See Source »

...Anytime you get a shutout in the Ivy League, you've done well. But it was her smart distribution that impressed me the most today," Wheaton said...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: W. Booters Blank Elis, 2-0 | 10/23/1991 | See Source »

Though reserved, Hill was popular among classmates at Morris High School, finding time for the Pep Club and the Future Homemakers of America before graduating as valedictorian. "She was so smart it wasn't even funny," recalls Bill Bearden Sr., the former basketball coach. "She was very polite, well groomed and never missed a day of school." At Oklahoma State University, she majored in psychology, and graduated with honors in 1977. "We were both country bumpkins," says former roommate Susan Clark. "We socialized, but not to the extreme of getting rowdy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Question of Character Clarence | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

Films used to portray New York City as a penthouse aerie, where tuxes and smart chat were mandatory. Moviegoers saw the jagged grandeur of Manhattan's skyline as a cardiogram of American sophistication. Fred Astaire used to symbolize New York; now Al Sharpton does, and the metropolis is just a detention center for too many folks you'd rather not dine with. Rank congestion is the norm; you can't buy your way out of the line of fire. Question: Does anyone still dream of coming to town and becoming a star? Funny answer: Yes, because New York's desperate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dead End on Sesame Street | 10/21/1991 | See Source »

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