Word: smarts
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...like to consider myself a smart player. I know how to play defense without fouling, I know where to set picks, I know how to adjust to a sharp-shooting team. I can take a pick, catch a ball on the post, and hit it two-thirds of the time. I know...
...Chess” features a more fully developed plotline and fleshed-out characters. “The characters have strong emotional depth,” Bala says. “There are no good guys or bad guys, just moral ambiguities. It’s a smart musical.” “Chess” is set at the World Chess Championship in Bangkok and focuses on the title game between Russian champion Anatoly Sergievsky and American challenger Freddie Trumper. The plot is loosely based on the 1972 World Chess Championship battle between chess phenoms Victor Korchnoi...
Business is starting to catch on, too, not least because of the potential long-term cost savings. While the initial investment in new digital lighting is steep, the long life of the lights means that it can be a smart one-time buy. In Britain this year, supermarket giants Tesco and Sainsbury have both announced plans to substitute fluorescent with LED lighting in their freezer sections. Hotel chains are also making the switch...
...it’s illegal for physically stronger people to prey on the powerless and for individuals who own guns to use them against people who don’t. The same is true for intelligence. As a society, we cannot allow people who are smart to exploit people who don’t know how to read a mortgage statement or don’t understand that the free money advertised on late-night TV isn’t free...
...effort we played with over the weekend in Minnesota,” Harvard coach Katey Stone said. “If we can do that, I think we’re going to be in pretty good shape for the rest of the season. They played hard, they played smart, they were relentless, which is what we’re looking for.”But New Hampshire is not a team to be taken lightly. Harvard is 0-5-1 in its last six meetings with the Wildcats, with its last win coming way back in December...