1.  And so we tolerate inadequate teacher education, noncompetitive pay, inflexible work rules and regulations denying bright people in other professions a chance to switch to teaching.

2.  As New Yorkers of his day recall, he created a Kennedyesque excitement, bringing into city government bright young people of wit, zeal and imagination.

3.  Afterward, I went to Microsoft and again met some incredibly bright people.

4.  Bright young people know that they can go to an Internet start-up, fail, and yet still get picked up on waivers by some other Internet start-up.

5.  Bright young people with good ideas can make a fortune in software.

6.  But that would appear too modest, since some very bright people are incapable of teaching elementary statistics to students.

7.  But with the legal profession losing its allure for so many bright young people, it seems that a tougher job market is not the sole cause.

8.  Campaigns, of course, are often populated with bright young people who are valued for their enthusiasm, their stamina and their willingness to sleep on futons.

9.  For bright young people, higher wages with much less study can be had in management, or consulting, or law, or on Wall Street.

10.  He is considered extremely bright, and surrounds himself with bright people, notably Oracle President Ray Lane.