Word: smarts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ambassador were his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Parmely Herrick. They beamed as he cried to the crowds: "Merci! Merci! Mes amis!" They sped with him to the U. S. Embassy, where he was welcomed in behalf of the American Club of Paris by its President, smart expatriate Percy Piexotto. Followed a two-minute reply by Mr. Herrick, who seemed not fully convalescent and leaned heavily on his cane. Said he ". . . One thing is certain! No matter what are the prevailing differences between France and the United States, ... a way to satisfy both countries will inevitably...
Another day dawned and there lay the cruiser Memphis, smart as a yacht. The Texas, massive manofwar, waited respectfully far offshore. The embarkation ceremonies were stiff but sun-warmed. The Texas poured out a torrent of black smoke and clove the deep blue Gulf for gay Havana...
August and sumptuous were the quarters soon occupied by Dr. and Frau Ludwig as house guests of millionaire Manhattan culture patron Otto Kahn. Smart New Yorkers came to dine...
...choice, tangy naval skipper is Rear-Admiral Ernest Augustus Taylor, 52, blunt, peppery and retired into politics. As Commander of the battle cruiser Renown he carried Edward of Wales to Canada (1919) and to Australia and New Zealand (1920). Smart Americans have met Admiral Taylor in Manhattan as the guest of Art-Tycoon Otto Kahn...
Agents of the efficient Sûreté Generate (French Secret Service) ferreted out, last week, a series of amazing frauds, perpetrated by smart French and German merchants to swindle their governments in connection with the "payment in kind" of German Reparations...