Word: brightest
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...universe, and among the most mysterious. Fortunately for everybody except impatient astronomers, they do not seem to occur very often. Each star system, such as N.G.C. 6964 and the earth's own Milky Way galaxy, is thought to average one such catastrophe in about 600 years. The brightest local outburst, thought to be a supernova, was Tycho's Star, which exploded in 1572 and was bright enough to be seen in daytime...
...will shine brightest on Dewey, Roper reported, in the small towns and big cities of the Northeast and Middle West. The thunderclouds will bank up over the medium-sized cities of the South and Far West. Dewey's strongest support will come from prosperous men over 35; he will encounter the most opposition from young, lower-income voters, women and union members. Among the independents (whom Pollster George Gallup last fortnight estimated at 29% of the voting population), Candidate Dewey will just about hold...
...acre airport (on Long Island, 38 minutes' drive from Manhattan's Airlines Terminal) covers an area as large as Manhattan Island from 42nd Street to the Battery; its 35 all-weather krypton flash approach lights (3,300,000,000 peak beam candlepower) are the brightest ever made by man. Idlewild's ten miles of paved runways (six strips completed, one under construction) will be able eventually to handle upwards of 60 aircraft landings and take-offs an hour...
Washington had swept the river for the third time, a trick they first turned in 1936, the year they went on to become Olympic champions. Ulbrickson's boys had a way of shining brightest in an Olympic year...
...television's big thrills is watching Outfielder Joe DiMaggio take a practiced look at a ball heading his way, turn, and without looking back spurt to the right spot, swing around casually and let the ball fall into his glove. The unexpected makes some of television's brightest moments: a rainstorm breaks, and the camera shows ground keepers covering the pitcher's box with canvas, then sweeps across the bleachers, singling out soaked fans huddling under newspapers. The key man is the camera director, who must watch on small screens the action of three or four cameras...