The class of 2006 at Montgomery Blair High.
Muhammad Waqar, Yiran Xia, Ramona Singh, Yueyang Li, Ekta Taneja, and Jessica Smith Jessica Smith may be: - Jessica Smith, (fl. early 20th century), American activist and editor.
- Jessica Smith, one of the co-stars in the TV series Laguna Beach.
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... I went to a high school graduation in June, and a U.N. meeting broke out. The commencement was my daughter's, and the high school was Montgomery Blair Montgomery Blair (May 10, 1813 – July 27, 1883), the son of Francis Preston Blair, elder brother of Francis Preston Blair, Jr. and cousin of B. Gratz Brown, was a politician and lawyer from Maryland. in Silver Spring, Md. There is a tot to be worried about in America today. But if there is one reason to be optimistic about the U.S., it is represented by the stunning diversity of Blair's class of 2006. America is still the world's greatest human magnet. There is something about our free society and free market that attracts people like no other. Our greatest asset is our ability to draw not only the first-round intellectual draft choices from around the world, but the low-skilled-high-aspiring ones as well. That's the main reason I'm not yet ready to cede the 21st century to China. Our Chinese will still beat their Chinese. This influx of brainy brain·y
adj. brain·i·er, brain·i·est Informal
Intelligent; smart.
brain i·ly adv. and brawny brawn·y
adj.
1. Strong and muscular.
2. Hardened; calloused. immigrants is our oil well. It is an endless source of human energy and creativity. Congress ought to give us a framework to maintain a free flow of legal immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. . Our oil wells are pumping. They're right here, in the Blair commencement book.--Thomas L. Friedman [6/7/06]
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