You can tell the half-bright from the barking because the barking don't know how little they know, while the half-bright know enough to think that they know a lot, but don't know enough to know what part of what they know is actually worth knowing.

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Telescopes on other planets in those directions could see those jets, and we might see the exploding stars as supernovae, but we don't see the bright gamma-ray flashes from jets beamed away from us.

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You can't let Wall Street send the bill to your street with the bright ideas that just don't work out.

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"There's a very concerted attempt to make it easier for lots of people who presently don't go to university - bright youngsters from disadvantaged backgrounds - to go to university, " said Mr Clegg.

BBC: Clegg refuses to say if he will abstain on tuition fees

Even some patients who don't respond early to pain stimuli or bright lights still recover, and Ms. Giffords's case doesn't appear as dire.

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Unfortunately, though these numbers are a bright spot for potential partners, they don't do much for irritated users who say that Facebook is more or less toying with their personal information.

CNN: Amid backlash, Facebook tries to save face

"They don't last very long and they're not very bright, " he said.

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"It's true that some people think I'm crazy, but I don't care, " Mr. Thongbai said, pounding a bright-red mixture of betel nut and tobacco to chew on later.

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If you don't want to build a shining empire of toddler towns, a la Bright Horizons Family Solutions in Watertown, Mass.

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If we don't do that, the club's prospects in the table will not be so bright.

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