Word: smartest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sexual orientation, I hardly accepted it. I thought it was a flaw in my character, a dreadfully grotesque abnormality. I felt that it was a terrible thing to happen to me--especially me, because, by the standards I had been taught, it was my only flaw: I was the smartest in my class, reasonably popular, good in sports, mature...
...made a villain out of Cassius, the leader of the plot to kill Caesar, the scion of political iconoclasts knew that he was really a good fellow. "Cassius was sympathetic to me," he says. "He hated tyranny and he was anti-authoritarian." Also, he adds, "Cassius was the smartest man in the play...
Long's climb to the top has not been completely smooth. As the son of Depression Populist Huey Long, he attracted close scrutiny. And he was not found wanting. Richard Russell, the late Georgia Senator who served through six Administrations, called him the second smartest Senator he ever knew. The first smartest, Russell said, was his father...
...some cases, the compilation of cash can only be understood as an intellectual challenge. Take rich Rich Dennis, 28, who is unmarried, lives with his parents in a modest Southside Chicago bungalow and is one of the world's smartest commodity traders. He has made close to $10 million. If you want to get rich, he advises, "you can't have the usual attitude toward money. If you think of every dollar you lose on the commodities market as a bucket of coal you'll have to shovel some day, then you're bound...
...process," his opinions were original and stimulating. After graduating from Purdue, Bob kept his mind agile by "sleeping close to the ground, where the air is richer." (Beware, apartment dwellers.) Like Socrates, he wandered across the land expounding his simple rules of living. He listens to the birds, and "smartest animals on earth, except for the cats," who tell him of warm places to sleep, and warn him against unfriendly building superintendants, landlords, etc. Through the years, Bob developed a symbiosis with nature. It has now reached the point where he has no trouble getting money for food or wine...