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Word: smarter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1960
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Usage:

...offering to buy every spectator an ice-cream bar if Abbey lost-it did, but the ice cream was donated free by a manufacturer-and by insisting that there are "no secrets to basketball any more except recruiting." Says he: "Give me a seven-footer and I'm smarter than any coach in the business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Showman | 12/26/1960 | See Source »

...smarter now than when I had the big fastball," says Spahn. "I do a lot of things now besides just knowing the batters and being able to hit the spots. Sometimes I get behind hitters on purpose. That makes them hungry hitters. They start looking for fat pitches. I make my living off hungry hitters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Great, Great, Great | 10/3/1960 | See Source »

Harry Truman: A surprising man, smarter than most people realized. Truman and I long have been friends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Old Joe's Revenge | 9/19/1960 | See Source »

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