Word: whiz
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...years later, Clinton was the youngest ex-Governor in the country. In Pea Ridge and the Ozarks, the voters resented the notion that this whiz kid had returned home to put shoes on everybody and introduce them to book learning. Says Carrick Patterson, former editor of the Arkansas Gazette: "They thought he had gotten too big for his britches." Clinton admits that he took too much for granted. He hiked license-tag fees. The fact that his wife used her maiden name and that the family was not a member of any organized religion did not help either...
...late criminal Meyer Lansky was an immigrant math whiz with a hunger for self-improvement. As a poor, dishonest kid on the streets of New York City, he quickly learned that if you can't beat the odds, change them. Using sound business principles, he laid the foundations of modern resort gambling. In his later years he hired tutors, was a regular at the Miami Beach Public Library and a member of the Book-of-the-Month Club. To his retired cronies he was an engaging cafeteria philosopher. His underworld associates found his ethical views sufficiently compatible to still trust...
Many Harvard students become depressed because they lose confidence from the outset. "A lot of students might say, 'My God, this guy's a math whiz, and I can't measure up," says Ducey. He warns that such an outlook often turns into a self-fulfilling prophecy, with the student turning exaggerated self-perceptions of inadequacy into real failures...
...earned a reputation over the years as the financial whiz of this industry. You invented frequent-flyer plans and supersaver fares. You are also known as perhaps the most relentless cost cutter in the business...
Every day, bicyclists crash into pedestrians in Harvard Square, then pedal on without apology. Bicyclists whiz through gates and around corners in Harvard Yard, as if the possibility that someone might be passing by is nonexistent...