Word: smarts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...McLaughlin. who graduated by Dublin University after the War, went job-hunting to Berlin, signed on with Siemens-Schuckert, dazzled his German bosses with talk of the profits they could make electrifying Ireland's Shannon. First in the field for his firm with ideas and plans, smart Dr. T. A. McLaughlin was able to sell the Free State Government his idea, is now actively in charge of the whole $35.000,000 development...
Every few months smart Jap Artist Foujita is a Paris sensation. Not long ago he appeared in Deauville wearing leopard skin trousers, grey suspenders, no shirt and a high silk hat. "Temperament" murmured gullibles. "Poseur!" stormed the jealous. The smart Deauvillites voted him jocularly their "best dressed...
Laggard students who flunk and repeat courses cost more to educate than smart ones who pass everything. This is manifestly unfair in a public school-system in which each student should benefit from the same amount of the public funds. W. M. Kern, school superintendent of Walla Walla, Wash., believes that laziness accounts for most failures. Last week he asked his school board to evaluate a high school education, suggested $480, or $30 per course. He would have students who repeat courses pay $30 per repetition. Thus, he said, "no pupil could complain since each ... would have as much money...
...Smart and Small: The Little Show. Large and Lavish: Show Girl. Fast, Full and Funny: Hold Everything, Hot Chocolates (Negro), Follow Thru...
...Cotton Textile Institute began selling cotton not to the thrifty but to the smart. Cotton makers concentrated on attractive weaves, chic modes. The spice of novelty was introduced through beach pyjamas, overalls, suntan frocks, quilted coats, printed slippers. Well did the cotton man's calico, gingham, piques, chambrays, gabardines lend themselves to these novelties. During the 1928-29 Palm Beach season cotton was an outstanding success. During the present season cotton fabrics have been conspicuously successful. Once sold to the smart world, it was certain that cotton would be sold to all the world. When sales are made...