Word: brightest
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...first visitors from the People's Republic went to Japan in the early 1980s - but they weren't supposed to stay. China, under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, had begun renewing contact with the outside world. Thousands of China's brightest scholars were dispatched to the U.S., Germany and Japan to vacuum up the latest scientific knowledge and take new ideas back home to advance the socialist cause. But the world outside proved too alluring for many students. Chen Jianjun, who arrived in the Japanese city of Kobe on a Chinese government scholarship in 1982, recalls how alien Japan...
...said maybe he could start one.” Clark and over 20 other mayors are attending a three-day conference that includes seminars by experienced mayors and leading political figures. “By coming to these types of events, you have the opportunity to interact with the brightest minds in government,” said Lexington, Ky. mayor Jim Newberry. Clark, a newcomer to electoral politics, felt that the conference has been a useful experience. “I already have ideas about going back home and implementing things I’ve heard about...
...captain Samantha Parker in 15th. “We’ve had some sporadic success this year, not as consistent as it was last year, but there are some bright spots,” Brand said. On the men’s side, the brightest spots came from the foil, where co-captain junior Kai Itameri-Kinter led the way with a top-eight finish, while newcomer Hao Meng made it to the fourth round, the round of 16. The epee marked the next best weapon for Harvard, with sophomores Billy Stallings and Karl Harmenberg falling just before...
...video isn’t trying to reach new creative heights or push the visual envelope. We get the usual rap video schtick—a swanky hotel and club, gorgeous scantily clad women, and free-flowing champagne. Beanie and R. Kelly’s styles are the brightest spots in the video. Whether Beanie’s rocking a fur-trimmed orange parka with a gentlemanly gray cap, a sleek black suit with a crisp white shirt, or a flashy gold chain and baggy jeans, he proves that he’s as versatile as anyone else...
...hailing from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, graduates often leave Harvard to concentrate in the financial centers of New York City and London rather than returning to their places of origin. The phenomenon is called “brain drain”; disadvantaged regions send their brightest students away to schools like Harvard to be educated, hoping that they will return with the solutions to the problems facing their homelands. But many choose instead to apply for work visas in the United States and reap the benefits of the lucrative careers that their Harvard degrees make accessible...