Word: smarter
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Bolton Mallory, onetime reporter, advertising man, instructor of English at Princeton University. Editor Mallory succeeds famed Norman Hume Anthony, who, with Phil Rosa (who assisted him when he was editor of Judge, went with him to Life) departed four months ago. Editor Mallory strives to make Life less "funny," smarter, of greater topical interest...
...Spain. The Mediterranean region has long been a fertile field for the archeologist's shovel. Although many Stone Age relics have been unearthed there, they have been somewhat neglected for findings of the more brilliant Minoan, Egyptian, Grecian and Roman periods. Feeling that prehistoric man was much smarter than is commonly believed, Charles Gates Dawes, banker, musician, ambassador and archeologist, has been taking a holiday in France and Spain to co-ordinate Stone Age findings. With him went Professor George Grant MacCurdy of Yale University, director of the American School of Prehistoric Research in Europe and Addison L. Green...
...German Foreign Minister Julius Curtius, accused him of clumsily letting slip the first opportunity beaten Germany has had to play off two of her former enemies against each other. He declared that Dr. Curtius could have wangled concessions for the Reich from both France and Italy had he been smarter...
Contrary to alarmist reports, picturing the Casino as well nigh bankrupt by competition from newer, smarter gambling places, the year-end report released last week showed profits to the Casino Company of 122,000,000 francs...