Word: brightest
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...fast-approaching take-off day for the No. 1 man will be set after a number of further test flights. The latest shot of the capsule, carried aloft last week by an Atlas, was one of the Mercury program's brightest successes. The one-ton capsule got its roughest ride, soared 107 miles high, 1,425 miles downrange at top speed of 12,850 m.p.h. Examination of the battered capsule showed that a man could have stood the ride, so, as they tell each other, the astronauts have practically nothing to worry about...
...spite of a sophomore contingent that has made its prospects the brightest in a short hockey history, the Big Red has had its troubles this season, dropping seven out of nine contests. Nevertheless, Cornell, a team that used to lose to the Crimson by scores like 16 to 1, held the varsity to 3 to 1 last month...
...analogous to brain cells, that can be produced by the billion, be made too small to see with a microscope, send 100 million signals per second, never make mistakes and last indefinitely. Computers made of these wonderful gadgets and geared for abstract thought should be able to outthink the brightest human brain...
Trumpets from the Steep, by Diana Cooper. Lady Diana has the delightful ability to make real people seem like Waugh characters, but there is a touch of sadness to the third volume of her autobiography, in which the brightest of the Bright Young People of the '20s says goodbye to her generation...
Trumpets from the Steep, by Diana Cooper. Lady Diana has the delightful ability to make real people seem like Waugh characters, but there is a touch of sadness to the third volume of her autobiography, in which the brightest of the Bright Young People of the '20s say goodbye to her generation...