Word: brightest
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Perhaps. But Bundy, who oversaw Asia policy at State during the Vietnam buildup, fails to wrestle with the sad irony that has dogged his career. It was forthright, honorable, well-bred folks--the best and the brightest, such as William Bundy and his brother McGeorge--who unintentionally got us into Vietnam. It was secretive, manipulative folks--such as Nixon and Kissinger...
...right, this list is not a collection of the best and the brightest, much less of the good and the kindest. When you pick the "most important," you get the thugs and the monsters as well as the role models. In fact, it should be noted at once that at least five of the men on the list were opponents, in one way or another, of women's rights: Hitler, with his famed Kinder, Kuche, Kirche policy; Khomeini, the fashion expert who brought back the chador; Reagan, with his hostility to abortion rights and the ERA; the sweet but incorrigibly...
...even if it's not, well, there are a lot of days when my guitar provides the brightest moments I have. Even if no one else wants to listen, I'll still play a song...
...possible...that for the so-called best and the brightest, if they had felt inhibited by the high costs, this will make [Princeton, Yale or Stanford] a more attractive place to go," Morse said. "This could have a positive effect on the ratings...
...beer nuts in a bar because people drink a lot of beer and go to the bathroom all the time, and they don't wash their hands, leaving a very high urine content on nuts at bars. So don't be touching other people's nuts!" Best and brightest indeed...