Word: insightfulness
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...Drake, the forlorn letters Hinckley wrote offered insight. "It just seemed like he was a sick white boy looking for someone to love him," she recalls. They reread aloud the note Hinckley wrote to Jodie Foster on the day of the shooting. "There is a definite possibility that I will be killed in my attempt to get Reagan," he scribbled. Glynis Lassiter, 42, a janitor at American University, argued that Hinckley was clearly insane "if he felt he was going to get killed and then he goes ahead and does it anyway." Copelin strongly disagreed. "Look at this," she said...
Several internationalists at the school--citing both the resources Harvard can provide foreign students and the insight these students can offer their American colleagues--have been largely responsible for the increased recruiting effort. William E. Trueheart, director of the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program, recalls that contacts with foreign students when he was a graduate student at Harvard had a significant impact on his education. "The diversity that students from other countries bring is critical and leaves a mark on your academic experience. You build lasting friendships and more importantly, gain a very different perspective...
...here, Dukakis talks of his stint at the K-School as a more significant period in his life. He maintains that "I promised myself I would not think seriously about politics for at least two years" after arriving, but from the day he started work, he picked up valuable insight that has helped him in his re-election campaign...
Another aspect Dukakis is more reluctant to discuss is the specific insight he has gained since leaving office. Many attribute his defeat four years ago to arrogance, an unwillingness to deal with people and a feeling that he was somehow above politics. One K-School official who asked not to be identified says that "many people believe he stopped being political the day he took office...
...combine good government with good politics. That is a profound insight Michael gleaned while he was at the Kennedy School," an administrator says...