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Being social isn't for dummies. Animals that gather into packs, herds or troops - never mind into cities and countries - need to be smart. How else to negotiate the complex rules and hierarchies of their cultures? It's not for nothing that sharks, among the dimmest of the large carnivores, are loners, or that humans - far and away the smartest - are so enthusiastically collectivist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Social Animals: Not Necessarily Brainier | 5/28/2009 | See Source »

...never had anybody be angry with me in a commercial break. I mean, they know what they're getting into coming in here. In the beginning there were a couple people that were startled, but now even the dimmest person knows what The O'Reilly Factor is, and they're going to be challenged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Bill O'Reilly | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...DIMMEST OF THE FRIENDS MOVES WEST...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fall Preview | 8/30/2004 | See Source »

Well, Hitler appeared to be good for some Germans too. But the dimmest bulb in Hollywood could hardly misunderstand what the Taliban is about. Disagreement comes only from oil-hungry corporations and relief groups fearful they'll be kicked out for criticizing the regime. There are 130 human-rights and women's groups aligned against recognizing the Taliban. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright declared that "if the Taliban...wants international acceptance, they must treat women not as chattel but as people." There's no religious justification for the behavior: the 55-country Organization of the Islamic Conference refused to admit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All Wrapped Up with Nowhere to Go | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

Thunder Gulch, the dimmest star in trainer D. Wayne Lukas' trio of starters, thundered out of a wall of 18 horses to win the 121st running of the Kentucky Derby. --By Kathleen Adams, Lina Lofaro, Michael Quinn, Jeffery C. Rubin, Alain L. Sanders and Sidney Urquhart

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEEK: APRIL 30-MAY 6 | 5/15/1995 | See Source »

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