Word: generalize
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Those who hold that intelligence is a single, general ability and those who say it consists of many factors have engaged in a long-standing, bitter debate (although even those who believe in general intelligence say there are many subordinate cognitive abilities). Reviewers praised Frames of Mind for eloquently making new arguments on behalf of the multifaceted position, but they complained that Gardner's theory is too speculative. "The discussion is all hunch and opinion," wrote George Miller, one of the founders of cognitive psychology. The eminent developmental psychologist Jerome Bruner, a onetime colleague of Gardner's, said the book...
...theft, pure and simple. Providing, as you have, a "how-to" guide compounds the offense by giving the weak and misguided a rationale for their infringements: "Hey, everyone is doing it. I learned how in TIME magazine." You really should know better. PETER R. HAJE, Executive Vice President and General Counsel Time Warner Inc. New York City...
...just up the road from Tuttle, and although I have lived elsewhere most of my adult life, I am a Vermonter to the core and am cheering for Fred. But I'm also cheering for Democratic incumbent Pat Leahy, whose good sense and honesty set him apart from the general run of politicians. Fortunately, both guys will win: Leahy will win the election for Senate, and Fred will win our hearts. And the movie Man with a Plan, which provided the scenario for Tuttle's campaign, wins too by satirizing the incredible insanity of U.S. campaign finance. ROBERTA BICKNELL PIPER...
...straightforward enough. I would think candidates have been told not to use inappropriate relationship as a verb, particularly in its short form, as in "I think last night after the rally he IR'd that zaftig secretary from Scheduling." I can imagine consultants advising candidates that as a general rule, it's unwise to use the phrase youthful indiscretion if the dalliance took place at a time when either participant qualified for one of those leisure-housing developments like Sun City, Ariz., that are restricted to senior citizens...
...Spanish Catholicism. He was gloomy, short-fused, arrogant--the Christian virtue of humility was never his forte--and so misogynistic that he never married and probably died a virgin. Of course, such traits have never disqualified anyone from sainthood, and nobody would doubt that Gaudi was in a general way a more saintly character than, say, Frank Lloyd Wright or Philip Johnson. But there is a deeper problem: the absence of miracles, which the Vatican authorities need as "verification of godliness." Mere piety is not enough for sainthood. No worker, so far, has fallen from the Nativity Facade...