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Word: smartness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sending the story without the censor's consent? Or shall he disappoint his boss and his much-talked-of ninety million readers by not sending it? You can get the answer to these vital questions b running up to the UT and buying a ticket. But if you're smart you'll save your money and find out from a friend...

Author: By J. M., | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 3/9/1942 | See Source »

...Smart as they come, General Douglas MacArthur used his outnumbered Americans and Filipino troops where-without airplanes and reinforcements-they could do the most damage. The 14-mile battle line across the peninsula curled suddenly: as viciously as the peninsula's king cobras, MacArthur's men struck down surprised outposts. In 48 hours the enemy had been thrown back from two-thirds of a mile to as much as five miles, on the right flank north of Pilar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: No Mama, No Papa | 3/9/1942 | See Source »

Mike DeLeo and Don Richards fill out the regular line-up in the guard positions. Dick Forster, who fills in anywhere on the floor, is sure to be in for a large part of the game. Fred Chase, Sam Post, Danny Garelick, and Bruce Smart form the rest of Al McCoy's second five...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YARDLING FIVE MEETS GREEN | 3/6/1942 | See Source »

...arrange matters that smart, courteous and genuine news analyses are broadcast every day in various idioms to various parts of the world; to entrust such work to imaginative men with a sense of who their auditors are, and to give these men full data on the propaganda of the enemy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: On the Beam | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

...Nina and Pinta were open or half-decked boats is "preposterous." Nina, Columbus' favorite, was "one of the greatest little ships in the world's history." She drew only six feet of water, and sailed 25,000 miles under Columbus' command. Pinta was such a smart sailer that "Columbus became annoyed at a habit of Captain Pinzon in pressing on ahead when land was expected, in order to gain the reward." Morison guesses that she was about 75 feet long. Santa Maria was "somewhat" but "not very much" bigger than the others, drew "not more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Great Enterprise | 3/2/1942 | See Source »

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