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Word: smartest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1970
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...because of [crime] conditions in this city. I've been very observant of my weight. I had to cut off 20 pounds, and I had to give up everything I like, like chocolate cream pie. My two dogs are among the smartest and most affectionate dogs I've ever seen. Anybody would think twice before they'd commit murder because of the way those dogs bark. They're great company to me. The less I think of some people, the more I think of my dogs. I can leave in the morning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: J. Edgar Hoover Speaks Out With Vigor | 12/14/1970 | See Source »

...Lisa sailed the smartest regatta I have ever seen her sail," said coach Mike Horn. "In some races she did everything just right. She won one race by two and a half minutes, and an average race is 25 minutes. That's ten per cent faster than anyone else- something that doesn't happen very often," Horn added...

Author: By Bradford B. Kopp, | Title: Radcliffe Sailors Win Major Event | 10/27/1970 | See Source »

Well, what went wrong was that he was the smartest kid in his high school class, won a scholarship to B.U., and turned on to Marx, dope, and sex in his freshman, sophomore and junior years, in that order. In his senior year, he edited the B.U. News and transformed it into a real radical rag, printing the kind of stories LNS would later specialize in. His account of those years is refreshingly ironic- a welcome relief from those numerous tomes gravely relating the intricate workings of local politicos-but it unfortunately omits some events we would like to hear...

Author: By Mark H. Odonoghue, | Title: From the Farm Good Riddance To the Sixties | 10/9/1970 | See Source »

Again, some Cambridge radicals smelled a trap, and began circulating the word that the planned action might not be the smartest in the world. Nevertheless, by curfew time about 150 people had gathered on the Common and trash bonfires were burning brightly...

Author: By Garrett Epps, | Title: Harvard Square: Some Fiddled, Others Burned | 9/21/1970 | See Source »

...traditional university. I would propose that the new university be a three-year college with its freshman class drawn from the freshman classes of other universities. With this kind of policy, the tables will turn: Harvard and M.I.T. will have to implement large-scale change just to retain their smartest freshmen...

Author: By James A. Smith, | Title: Creating the Orthogonal University | 4/6/1970 | See Source »

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