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...shocked to discover, upon graduation, that the very same state school students they have mocked turn out to be more than their equals in learning and intellect. Although, perhaps, that is the point behind such a party: to convince partygoers that, though they may not be the brightest, they are surely the most privileged...
...there. No more useless bag checks, no more wasted time. Just keep those CVS buzzers up and running to catch the occasional over-avid bookworm. After all, if they’re good enough to stop shoplifters, they’re good enough to keep the best and the brightest from pilfering a few books...
...parents’ illusions shouldn’t limit us, shouldn’t stifle our exploration and shouldn’t stop us from safe sex. We may be the best and the brightest, but what our parents don’t yet realize is that at college, we’re also free to be wild and sexy, if we choose...
...trade in Asian relics--whether obtained legally or looted--is booming, driven by demand from wealthy Western and Eastern collectors seeking to decorate their SoHo lofts and Shanghai penthouses with everything from ancient Buddha heads to Khmer sculptures. During art auctions in London this summer, two of the brightest sales were of prized Asian objects, both of them legitimately acquired: a Chinese Qianlong-era jade vase from a private collection that went for $280,000 at Bonham's and a calligraphy-brush washer from the Southern Song dynasty that sold for an astounding $1.2 million at Sotheby...
...minded enough about the world." It's a problem previous governments have grappled with, but last week Raffarin's government launched a new assault on the ruling class's high temple: the Ecole Nationale d'Administration, the fiercely competitive, 58-year-old school that breeds France's best and brightest. As of 2005, the school will close its Paris campus for everything but continuing education and concentrate its activities at its Strasbourg headquarters. While the school will still rank students, they will no longer all be bound to the same curriculum - instead they can opt for specializations - and everyone will...