Word: smart
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Opinion polls show that most Americans are happy with Clinton's leadership but don't trust him. If the ongoing investigation develops accusations against other members of the administration, the "untrustworthy" aura could spread. While Democratic spin doctors would like to project the donkeys as a party of smart leadership that happens to have an immoral leader, it could come off as an immoral party that happens to have a smart leader...
...match up categories," she says. "Also, we're smart enough to know that many students change their concentrations...
...there really is life elsewhere in the universe, what are the odds of finding it in our lifetime--or even our children's? Hunting for extraterrestrials, smart or otherwise, requires a lot of faith. You have to believe that conditions for life (liquid water, mild temperatures, protection from lethal radiation) are not unique to Earth; that under the right circumstances, life can arise fairly easily; and that if it does reach a level advanced enough to broadcast its presence, it won't destroy itself in a nuclear war or an environmental meltdown before firing off Earth-bound communiques...
...genetically manipulated athletes did survive their training and thrive in their sport, it's hard to say what they'd have won. A well-trained runner or ballplayer is one thing; a well-manufactured one is something else--less a product of skill and will than tricky genetics and smart pharmacology. "Maybe one day athletes will call up a prescription for bigger muscles or whatever," says Holman. "But will it still be called a sport?" You don't have to be an athletic purist to know the answer...
...optimist by temperament and as a betting man, I allow that certain features of the natural world would lead me to place my chips on yes if someone forced me to wager. But I also know the difference between a pure flutter based on hope and a smart play based on genuine probabilities...