Little by little, Wall is edging out of the collegiate hothouse of smart-aleck ideas and into a (if not the) world.

NEWYORKER: Flashes of Light

Two driven and smart-aleck kids, they had taken on an extraordinarily demanding schedule of Pre-Algebra, and Advanced Language, amid a variety of extra-curricular activities.

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For my friend, the Oscars are sacred, a Super Bowl Sunday, and she wants to hear and linger upon every spoken word, and can't stand the thought of a smart-aleck interrupting the broadcast.

WSJ: Oscar Night vs. Sports

Writers loved Weaver because he was voluble, funny and profane, an old-fashioned smart aleck in a game whose characters were getting more professional, formal and boring every year.

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