Word: brightest
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...brightest hope for improved earnings, however, lies in technological advance. Pipeline companies this year will buy 1,600,000 tons of pipe from steel companies, which have steadily made their pipes longer, stronger and thinner-walled. The proposed Trans-Canada line, for example, would safely cross 45 miles of current in the Straits of Mackinac with improved pipe, and pipe has been laid 170 ft. deep in the Gulf of Mexico. By developing underground storage vaults, gas companies have also been able to keep up with heavy winter demand and prop up summer prices. In the marshy New Jersey meadows...
...Humphrey's Senate term. Rolvaag could resign and take the job himself, but he is well aware that voters often show their displeasure later at such self-promotion. The most likely prospect seems to be Walter ("Fritz") Mondale, 36, the state's attorney general and the brightest of a stable of bright young men awaiting a shot at bigger things in the party. He has behind-the-scene support from Humphrey...
...year's biggest, brightest holiday, the 47th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, was at hand, but somehow the holiday mood refused to ignite...
...while sunny for some of them, shows the need for some new approaches by others. In the 20 European nations that entertain two-thirds of the world's 80 million foreign vacationers, tourism generally increased this year, but growth rates slowed and spending declined in some of the brightest showplaces...
Other nations, too, would have their days this week, and the laggardly Russians were hoping for a bumper harvest in such events as canoeing and gymnastics. But so far, at least, in sport's biggest show, the spotlight shone brightest...