Word: smartness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...committee vote last week, House Freshman Fulbright, unknown even to many of his colleagues, became momentarily the nation's most publicized lawmaker. A deluge of fan mail (10-to-1 in favor) descended on his desk. Interviewers discovered that the first-termer from Fayetteville was young (38), smart (Rhodes scholar), studious (onetime president of the University of Arkansas), aggressive (lacrosse ),"hardheaded (businessman, farmer). Asked how long it took him to write his one-sentence resolution, he replied philosophically: "Fifteen years...
...jaunty step across the yard to the microphone, a few well chosen sincere words, a smart salute to Lt. Commander Paradise as a final gesture to Harvard Naval Training School, and Commander MacGowan passed quickly out of the yard bound for duty afloat...
...Government was not smart enough to go to the most popular U.S. artist for propaganda purposes. Rockwell had to go to the Government. One morning not long after Roosevelt and Churchill thought up the subject of a lifetime for him-the Four Freedoms-Rockwell woke with a start at 3, full of ideas. He managed to stay in bed till 5; then he was up and busy with sketches. He called in Neighbor Carl Hess; Hess stood for the shy, brave young workman of Freedom of Speech. A Mrs. Harrington became the devout old woman in Freedom of Worship...
...past five years 2,000,000 people have been lured to smart little Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe cabaret by its nostalgic floor shows about the Gay Nineties and the Naughty Naughts. Last week Rose said good-by to all that, leaped into the future. "Come to New York," large ads advised Washington's brain-trusters, "and see our Post-War Preview, which concerns itself not with the fuss, but with the fun of the future. We have some important figures to submit. We'd like to show you a world with not too much milk, perhaps...
...your bald head, you have a small microwave radio receiving and transmitting set. You radio the waiter for a scotch and soda. At a nearby table there is a terrific blonde. She is wearing a radio set on her head too. It is made, like a smart feminine hat, embroidered with flowers. You see her now; you look interested. You examine her antenna out of the corner of your eye and try to estimate her wave length. You try to contact her but with no success. At last she hears...