Sentence examples for smartest countries from inspiring English sources

In the movie, the two smartest countries turn out to be Israel and, less predictably, North Korea.

As Amanda Ripley recently reported in the New York Times: the smartest countries tend to be those that have acted to make teaching more prestigious and selective; directed more resources to their neediest children; enrolled most children in high-quality preschools; helped schools establish cultures of constant improvement; and applied rigorous, consistent standards across all classrooms.

"Smart countries increase funding for science, technology, and innovation to get out of a crisis," says Helena Nader, president of the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science in São Paulo.

"Smart countries do not just turn a chainsaw on themselves".

To extract the most basic elements from the recipe, Israel has a perfect balance between innovation and entrepreneurship, and it is this balance between the two that make it very competitive with other "smart" countries like Finland, Singapore and Ireland.

MR.TRUMP'S FAVORITE LOSER -- Troy McClain, the street-smart country boy.

"The country that has that kind of food is obviously a smart country," Depardieu said.

Lazarus said Australia needed to "invest in becoming a smart country".

"It was Paul Keating who said Australia needed to move from being the lucky country to being the smart country.

He shone at Edmund Gosse's renowned Sunday afternoons, in the artist-thronged Café Royal, at smart country-house weekends.

And it expresses the spirit of a designer who still flies a flag — with smart country blazers and simple shirts — for a decent, more traditional England.