Word: brightest
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...Constellation Brands, is expanding more aggressively than its competitors, with profits increasing 134% from 1999 to 2001. Many of his peers consider Moramarco the savviest operator in a tradition-bound industry that is rapidly consolidating under the pressure of changing tastes and global competition. "Moramarco is one of the brightest guys in the industry. He is one of the real movers," says John Gillespie, president of the Wine Market Council, a promotional body for the industry...
...again on irregular occasions in one place or the other. Cuba, this time. I had figured that all the current news out of Cuba would be sussed from Fidel via Barbara Walters, or would have come from the Bay of Pigs conference with all of those Best and brightest attendees. But no. Atlantis, again, grabbing the spotlight and our collective imagination...
...lined with silk and hung with tapestries made from human hair, our guide explained, before helpfully adding that a Concorde jetliner could fit in Esplanade's 2,000 seat theater. All this is an eager government's way of saying it cares about art. But the best and brightest who manage Singapore have run that appreciation through a spreadsheet and come up with an economic justification for their patronage. "For every dollar spent on cultural activities, another $1.80 is spent on related activities such as food and hospitality," notes the Ministry of Information, Communications and The Arts (MITA...
...motor on the wide streets, and the decaying department store has a meager selection of basic packaged food and dull clothing. At night, schoolchildren gather in the main square to read under the floodlights pointed at a statue of Kim Il Sung, the country's founder. It's the brightest spot in a city plagued by chronic electrical power shortages. Meanwhile, across the Yalu River in the Chinese city of Dandong, new, white buildings rise above the riverbank, traffic clogs the streets, and moving walkways roll through a local shopping mall past stores stuffed with Nike shoes and Coca-Cola...
...Galeback was the brightest spot of the whole race,” Seidel said. “The cemetery (a very large hill) at mile four separates the men from the boys and he went over it fine...