Word: finest
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...Before you go crafting your sob story, it bears noting that college admissions officers are among the world's finest b.s. detectors. A case in point: one student's Cornell essay about a relative's homosexuality struck an admissions reader as gratuitous: "This has got shock value written all over...
...fifth game was closely fought as both teams smelled victory. Harvard went up 10-7, but the Tigers clawed back to 11-11. The Crimson generated kill after kill, but the Princeton defense, lead by King, played its finest, seemingly blocking every one of them back to the Harvard side...
...food in Sydney was fine, the weather mostly fine, the hosts the finest. Even a noisome appearance by that menace of modern Olympics, performance-enhancing drugs, couldn't spoil this party...
Fusion Music After the curtain went down three hours later, the Gore-Lieberman ticket plus wives and Hillary Clinton trooped onstage to thank the performers. Gore's final words summarized the mood. He exulted that he was touched by having some of the finest performers of his generation performing in honor of the ticket. The fusion between candidates, performers and supporters was complete. The '60s generation is now in sole charge. Now the electorate must decide which side was in the right in that long-ago revolutionary war, and whether it wants to be led by the people our parents...
...yahoos of the movement could not foresee that Lian would get an excellent though surreptitious education in the detention camp. The reason is simple: some of the country's finest scholars are there. Unable to show off her forbidden knowledge in public, Lian retreats to a nearby pond to lecture the frogs. This precocious charmer even persuades the camp director to keep a dog. He does, but only until he needs to convince visiting inspectors that his prisoners are getting enough meat...