Word: brilliante
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...enjoy First Amendment protection, and may in certain cases be criminal to express. Still, at least one of the nine U.S. justices, Sicilian-American Antonin Scalia, has some personal experience to work from. Last year when a reporter asked what he had to say to his critics, the brilliant judge responded: "I say "Vaffanculo!" If it is indeed a question of context, let the record show that Scalia had a big smile on his face - and that he was at a Catholic church...
...tends to crowd other plants out of their natural habitats and the result is a monoculture forest - only one kind of tree as far as the eye can see. The result is a sicker, less beautiful forest (the leaves of the Norway maple, for example, don't turn brilliant colors in the fall, like other types of native maples) that alters the diversity of the natural food chain and harms local wildlife...
...brilliant essay on exchanging credits for carbon use and child abuse, Kinsley has approached the paradoxical level of irony that Jonathan Swift achieved with A Modest Proposal. The logic is flawless, the intent is benign, yet the solution proposed is so repugnant. Perhaps that is the true nature of capitalism...
Kissinger's reputation as brilliant scholar helps explain his Confucian sex appeal. However, when it comes to American political figures of Kissinger's stature, public image ultimately depends on the propaganda apparatus; the fact that Kissinger is identified as an "old friend" of China is related to the backing the country's political elites have given him over the years. And undoubtedly, key to this backing have been Kissinger's activities here since leaving office...
...inspiring," Tribe says in the ad, "absolutely inspiring to see someone as brilliant as Barack Obama, as successful, someone who could've written his ticket on Wall Street, take all of the talent and all of the learning and decide to devote it to the community and to making people's lives better...