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Word: smarts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...only an hour before his body was found; he had been killed by a blow on the head, and shot afterwards. The finding of the murderer is a comparatively simple matter after it is proved who was murdered. Five detectives, professional and amateur, work at the unraveling: though some smart readers may guess the answer, it will be a seasoned crime-story fan who can guess which of these dark horses finally comes in ahead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Murder! | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

Chicago Blackhawks. A rejuvenated team, full of smart recruits, they have skated circles around most of their opponents to press Boston for leadership in the American group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hotter Hockey | 12/23/1929 | See Source »

...titles. "The Withered Leaf and the Green" and "The Corpse and the Flea" suggest very much John Donne. At the same time this present-day Aesop keeps his faith with Donne in little thrusts of realism that actually make the reader shudder. All this, as said before, is quite smart: and yet almost as everyday as the "Farmer's Almanac...

Author: By R. C., | Title: Modern Fables | 12/20/1929 | See Source »

...LOVE PARADE (Maurice Chevalier) -Smart songs and fair comedy in a mythical Balkan kingdom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming: Dec. 16, 1929 | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

Playwright Pascal makes it humorously clear that his subjects talk so interminably about sex that their actions are a self-conscious mockery. Unfortunately his dialog, which gets off to a smart start and upon which the play depends, becomes banal and repetitious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Dec. 16, 1929 | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

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