Word: smartest
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...rated half of Reagan's first-term nominees to the district court exceptionally well qualified or well qualified, a level matched in the previous four presidencies only by the Carter Administration. At the appellate level he has chosen a number of stars. "John Noonan is one of the five smartest guys in the world," says one Justice official proudly. He is also the author of scholarly books on the history of bribery and the Catholic Church's teaching on contraception, though this clearly counts less than the fact that he is an articulate critic of abortion. "This is the most...
...yeti car. Everyone's heard of it, but no one has seen one." Last year, overall MG Rover sales were down to just over 100,000, less than half what the firm needed to break even. BMW invested more than $4 billion in Rover, but even the firm's smartest and most successful engineers and marketers failed to turn the company around. That, argues Peter Schmidt of Britain-based consultants Automotive Industry Data, is at least in part a sign of the innate fragility of auto brands. "Image is very, very significant in this business," Schmidt says. "Once your image...
...Ashley’s definitely the smartest defensemen I’ve ever played with. It’s been evident since we were in high school and before,” Corriero says, “but it’s come to be shown more and more in her college career as well. She’s the kind of speaks-least, says-most type of leader. But when she does talk everybody listens because when she goes out on the ice she actualizes what she says and leads by example...
Perhaps we can start here, at Harvard. We can start by dispelling the stereotype that only those who went to the most exclusive private schools can get in to Harvard. We can start by telling people that the smartest and most engaging students we know might not have even set foot in a traditional classroom at all. But above all, we can tell parents that the happiest students we know did not burn out in early childhood from constant pressure to succeed, to beat ever increasing odds to reach the next rung of the ladder...
...International Film Festival will demonstrate when it opens this week. Chinese films like Hero and House of Flying Daggers have earned world-class box office, while the gradual liberalization of the mainland market means the demand for Chinese-language movies is only going to grow. If Hong Kong's smartest producers can leverage the city's international financial networks, China experience and stable of stars, then it could defend its position as the beating heart of Chinese cinema. "There are tremendous challenges and tremendous opportunities," says Nansun Shi, one of Hong Kong's most respected producers...