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...brightest midterm election result for Republicans was Texas Governor George Bush's big win [ELECTION REPORT, Nov. 16]. His social moderation and outreach to minorities, if only embraced by a stunned G.O.P. now wedded to the religious right, could lead to the big prize in Y2K. His election would then establish Clinton's place in history: a tainted twig between two Bushes. FRANCIS S. ANDREWS Lincoln, Mass...
There are no quick fixes to solving endemic problems in living standards. It requires the constant inflow of many thousands of the best and the brightest (what we at Harvard purport to be) dedicating themselves to the systems that will develop the seed varieties and better production techniques to grow more food, develop the packaging to guarantee its freshness, build the roads and the trucks to distribute it efficiently and design the technologically sophisticated ovens to cook it. Business people all over the world are driving all of the these functions...
...gone from the best and the brightest to "Geezers in Space." Where have you gone, Chuck Yeager? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you. DAVE DYEHOUSE Frankton...
Last year, 21 out of 24 of the College's brightest said "Yes," turning down offers from Goldman Sachs and Microsoft...
Mendelssohn is widely regarded as one of the great romantic composers of the 19th century. He began composing when he was a boy and became one of the brightest musical talents of the first half of the century. Enormously popular in Victorian times (he was Queen Victoria's favorite composer), today his only universally recognized piece is the "Wedding March" from his "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Most people do not know it was Mendelssohn who wrote it, which is quite a shame. Mendelssohn and his music were often described as precocious and charming. His work is lyrical, stylish...