The setting is Yorkshire in the nineteen-eighties a grammar school at which a group of eight boys, seven of them very bright, are being prepped for mind-crushing exams that could lead to a place to read history at Oxford or Cambridge.

NEWYORKER: The History Boys

I've spent the last 20 years teaching journalism and writing classes at a selective public university, and the majority of my (bright) students put me in mind of Jack Nicholson's line to Tom Cruise in "A Few Good Men": "You can't handle the truth!"

WSJ: Word Craft: Ben Yagoda on Not Writing Badly

Overall, the big picture looks bright, but it should keep in mind that holding a drilling and exploration license in a particular geography does not automatically spell big bucks for an energy company.

FORBES: Chevron Digs Deeper Into Eastern Europe For Shale Gas

It also brings to mind a longstanding situation that persists in darkening an otherwise bright picture of post-Soviet Polish capitalism: that is, the current dispute between Telekomunikacja Polska S.A (Polish Telecom) and DPTG, a unit of Danish headset and hearing-aid maker GN Store Nord.

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For all his bright and turning mind, I think Mr. Lamb must have had a great sadness in his life.

NPR: Part One