Word: brightest
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...many more of America’s young and brightest will ask themselves what kind of chumps they are to give up the chance to earn 100 or 500 times more than their mentors, their doctors, their favorite professors, their idols and heroes...
...Ph.Ds who want to go into academia are simply too low, especially when it comes to blacks, Latinos, and Native American faculty.” This dearth of eligible minority candidates impedes Harvard’s efforts to diversify its faculty while still recruiting the nation’s brightest minds...
...Inhambane, a sleepy town on the southern coast. Then head to Tofo Beach, where a number of operators offer $40, two-hour speedboat trips. Try to pick the right day (calm and sunny, the better to spot shapes below the surface) and time (midday, when the sun is brightest). Also consider a wetsuit: the sea spray can be cold. (See pictures of luxury private islands...
...there is also much humor in the purer, simpler Wallace and Gromit vein as well, enough to bewitch the youthful members of the audience. The foxes are entirely civilized until it comes to meals; then they gobble feverishly and without restraint. Kylie is a loyal sidekick but not the brightest opossum in all the land; when confused, his eyes transform into dazed little bull's eyes. A beagle with a case of "chronic rabies" is used to great effect, and Boggis (Robin Hurlstone), Bunce (Hugo Guinness) and Bean (Michael Gambon) are brilliantly realized. Stop-motion is clearly a laborious business...
...welfare of our posterity—in both material and immaterial terms. At the heart of American culture has always been a special knack for innovation in challenging circumstances. It is entirely appropriate that we should now consider jazzing up our institutions and investing in our best, brightest, and most beautiful to aid in national recovery...