Word: smartest
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
That's why, Goldin says, she enrolled Cornell's School of Agriculture in 1963, with every intention of studying bacteriology. But when advisors hassled her about taking too many liberal arts courses, she transfered to the College of Arts and Sciences, a move she terms "the smartest thing I ever...
That's why, Goldin says, she enrolled Cornell's School of Agriculture in 1963, with every intention of studying bacteriology. But when advisors hassled her about taking too many liberal arts courses, she transfered to the College of Arts and Sciences, a move she terms "the smartest thing I ever...
...King, Clancy and Steel achieve highest scores in this category, and Robert Fulghum ranks near the top with a 9.7. They have mastered the trick of making their readers feel not only their equal but frequently their superior. On the other hand, Rushdie and Hawking are manifestly forbidding, the smartest guys in the class. Give them both...
What's going on here? The political terrain is shifting, and the smartest Republicans are scampering to keep pace. "The electorate's composition is % changing," says a G.O.P. strategist. "The baby boomers are taking over, and their credo is 'Live and let live.' " A move to the left could alienate Bush's base of antiabortion conservatives, he acknowledges, "but those people will probably stay with us in the end, and we'll need the young libertarians...
...author's smartest move is letting Hilary tell the tale. This young woman seems peculiarly passive and affectless, not the sort to dwell on or even recognize pathos or tragedy. All perceptions -- grocery displays, radio chatter, the sight of Victor vomiting in a bathroom -- pass through her consciousness with equal weightlessness. Hilary constantly learns things that anyone her age should probably already know. She removes some pictures from the room she and Victor have rented: "When I took them from the wall I noticed that the spaces the frames had occupied were a darker shade than the rest...