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Word: smartly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lunar module. He died in 1976, but his influence lives on in his second-oldest child. "Growing up, Karen and Ginger were very outgoing, but I was shy," Watson says. "Our father kept reassuring all of us that we could do anything we wanted to do. We were as smart as anyone we would meet in our lifetime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ELIZABETH WATSON: Reforming Our Image Of a Chief | 11/26/1990 | See Source »

...swells in response to an electric charge. The substance could conceivably be used to make artificial muscles. A superhard ceramic is being developed to make engines that do not need oil or a radiator, and get 100 miles to a gallon of gas. Scientists are also working on a "smart" ceramic that can respond to stress. Simply put, the material is laced with tiny electronic components that react to pressure or other stimulation by emitting some signal -- rays of light, for example. Designers envision using this ceramic to build a bridge that would change color if it were overloaded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Solid As Steel, Light as a Cushion | 11/26/1990 | See Source »

...shot, a Bilzerian suit can have a subtle sense of playfulness. There is nothing funny at New York City's Henry Stewart, where neither the prices ($3,500 to $4,500) nor the styling ("the Savile Row look") are good for laughs. Stewart, who made some of the smart costumes for Brian De Palma's upcoming film version of The Bonfire of the Vanities, says the demand for his suits with "a very smart, small waist, nice and snug off the hips with a full chest," is "increasing, but we just haven't got the men to meet it. There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bonfire of The Business Suits | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

...smart money is on this month. Top officials in the U.S. and French governments, among others, are already saying that if anything happens it is likely to happen then. Patience with the U.N. trade embargo against Iraq may be wearing thin, and the armed alliance in Saudi Arabia could be showing rifts. Action may be necessary to stave off dissolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Handicapping the War | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

...Columbia Records without Paul's knowledge added electric guitar, drums and bass to an earnest, intimate, acoustic ballad of Simon's; and how The Sounds of Silence, with its new rock underpinnings, became a No. 1 single in 1966. It was a fluke, but Paul and Artie were smart enough, gifted enough and fast enough to build on it and go for a long, sweet ride...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAUL SIMON: Songs of A Thinking Man | 11/12/1990 | See Source »

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