Word: brightest
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Japan today is striding onto the world stage more boldly than it has done for two generations. And few leaders in Japan seem prepared to apologize for the new mood, however much they may regret the past. A new conservatism is taking hold among the nation's best and brightest young politicians, and Japan, once a diplomatic doormat, has become fueled with a resurgent nationalism...
BOSTON—On baseball’s most hallowed ancient turf, the irony of last night’s Harvard Beanpot championship win—the team’s first in 14 years—was the outstanding play of its brightest young stars...
...streets to see Queen Victoria passing by. I wouldn't wave at that ugly old woman." She did, however, talk animatedly with a pretty young one about English gardens. For nearly an hour, these faltering men and women in the shadow of life became Washington's brightest social elite, the recipients of a Princess's interest...
Narda Zacchino, editor of the Times's Orange County edition, has reacted to the challenge partly by wooing away some of her competitor's brightest stars with fatter paychecks. (Register salaries average $575 a week, compared with the Times's $775.) Even Zacchino acknowledges, however, that the Register's look is an advantage difficult to overcome. "If a reader sees the same stories on the front of the Times and the Register, he will probably buy the Register for the color," says Zacchino. The Register enjoys another advantage: its home-delivery price is $5.25 a week, while the Times costs...
...seem implausible, but perhaps Australia is exerting its own soft power on the Middle Kingdom. Think of all those students, like Lily Liao, who say they've become "Australianized," who cherish the freedoms and friendships they've found in their second home. Or the brightest Australian graduates, who can't wait to pack their bags for a gig in Shanghai. When Beijing hosts the 2008 Olympics, Australians will have been behind the scenes there for years; a number of Games venues will have been conceived in Australian design and architectural offices...