QUOTES WITH «SMART ALECK»
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smart aleck.
When I seemed to be irritable or sad, my father would quote the learned Dr. Knight, and then say, 'Just go to sleep.' Like all smart aleck kids, I thought the advice was silly. But as I've grown older, I've realized just how smart Knight was.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SMART ALECK»
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smart aleck in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
smart aleck and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The
Smart Aleck's Guide to American History
Do you know America? No, I mean, do you REALLY know America? Would you recognize John Adams in a lineup? Can you identify any presidents between Lincoln and Roosevelt? Hmmm. I thought so. Well, you really need this book.
2
Nobody's wife: the
smart aleck and the king of the beats
The woman who was married to Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac while he was writing his most famous work, "On the Road," recounts the ups and downs of their relationship.
3
Lenny Kandell
Smart Aleck
Eleven-year-old Lenny wants to become the world's greatest stand-up comic, but with an enemy like Mousie he wonders if he'll have any future at all.
4
The
Smart Aleck Chronicles II
This time, as in the previous volume, there are pithy and pointless observations that may have appeared in previous publications for which the author may have had responsibility, fictitious biographies of friends and colleagues, several ...
5
The
Smart Aleck Chronicles III
The original Smart Aleck Chronicles was published to little, if any notice in 2007.
This was followed five years later with the release of a second volume. As noted
in the prefaces to both these collections, their intended purpose was to present to
...
6
The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Parenting
Children with easy-going temperaments will try out smart-aleck behavior once or
twice and drop it if it doesn't get a response. Alert your child to the offensive
behavior. Ifyour child continues to display an impertinent attitude, point out
specific ...
David Borgenicht, Sarah Jordan, Joshua Piven, 2011
7
Stop Struggling, Start Teaching
Ask them why they feel like they have to make smart-aleck remarks. Once they
have explained, you could ask them to come up with reasons why those remarks
are not appropriate in class. Their responses may include, "They could hurt the ...
Katie Van Dyke, Brad Wilcox, 2006
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The
Smart Aleck Chronicles: A Compendium of Careless ...
The Smart Aleck Chronicles makes no effort to be anything other that what it appears to be, whatever that is.
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When Law Goes Pop: The Vanishing Line Between Law and ...
It's a story about an old man and a smart-aleck little boy. The smart-aleck boy had
decided he was going to show the old man up, show him what a fool he was. The
smart-aleck boy caught a little bird on the porch and his plan was to go up to ...
10
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Eleventh Edition
1787) : any of various polygonums with strong acidic juice smarty or smart-ie
Vsmar-teA n, pi smart-ies (1847) : SMART ALECK smarty— pants \-,pan(t)s\ n pi
but sing in constr (1941) : SMART ALECK — smarty-pants adj smash \'smash\ n ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SMART ALECK»
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smart aleck is used in the context of the following news items.
Steve Harvey schools Garfield smart aleck
The comedian stops by to dole out wisdom to high-schoolers; Martin Short supports Gilda's Club Seattle; 'The Memory Care Plays' at Taproot; and the King of ... «The Seattle Times, May 15»
Smart aleck detective aims to crack murder mystery in local author's …
It's up to a smart aleck detective to help crack the case. "There are card dealers that advertise in the hobby publications," Brown explains. "When you see this ... «NorthJersey.com, Apr 15»
Pic: Smart aleck childishly edits scoreboard at Junior B hurling …
Spectators at a recent Junior B hurling match in Wexford witnessed a brilliantly immature scoreboard prank. Some wisenheimer at the clash between ... «SportsJOE.ie, Apr 15»
Smart aleck Dennis Miller pencils in two April dates in Las Vegas
What a tart retort. Stand-up comedian and political commentator Dennis Miller returns to Las Vegas in April with two nights at the 850-seat Orleans Showroom. «Los Angeles Times, Mar 15»
Pastor: Child-punching sermon clip was out of context
Eric Dammann, pastor of the Bible Baptist Church in Hasbrouck Heights, appears in the video clip delivering a sermon to his congregation about a "smart aleck" ... «UPI.com, Jan 15»
When You Hear This Pastor Boast About What He Did to a 'Smart …
Pastor Eric Dammann speaks in one sermon of a boy named Ben who was “a nice kid, but one of those — he was a real smart aleck. He was a bright kid, which ... «TheBlaze.com, Jan 15»
Hey, Atheists: It's Immature To Mock People's Deeply Held Beliefs
Remember that smart aleck in grade school who always had a “gotcha” comeback for the teacher? How about the kid who poked the girl next to him, over and ... «The Federalist, Dec 14»
Lives Lived: Alfred Emerton Blake, 94
Veteran, gardener, economist, smart aleck. Born on April 5, 1920, in Prince Albert, Sask.; died on May 8, 2014, in Vancouver, of cardiac problems, aged 94. «The Globe and Mail, Oct 14»
'Daily Show' Smart Aleck John Oliver to Host the International Emmys
“The Daily Show” correspondent, who filled in for host Jon Stewart earlier this year as Stewart embarked on his directorial feature-film debut, will host this year's ... «TheWrap, Nov 13»
IRA parade: A whiff of smart aleck game-playing from Sinn Fein
The arguments have a smart aleck, game-playing "see how you like it" air to them. This sort of inconsistency, and the decision to pull this issue out of a hat, ... «Belfast Telegraph, Aug 13»
