Word: insightfulness
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Norman Mailer, I got more insight, and Abbott began to take shape. Abbott had called him at 6 o'clock in the morning up in Provincetown, and Mailer wasn't happy about being pulled out of bed that early. Abbott said he'd call back later. He never did. He mistook Mailer's response for rejection. He didn't tell him anything about being in trouble. From that, I was sure that Abbott was already beginning to think that he should turn to the people he had known in prison. They were his people...
...direct headlines, snappy and readable captions. The design and photography--by Mel J. Horan and Nevin I. Shalit respectively-- make a big difference in the parody's professional look. The pictures reflect the writing style exactly--clear and non-judgmental, with no attempts at high art or even real insight. Particularly in the Three Mile Island article and a funny (if too-long) feature on a boxing nun, the camera's sympathetic eye gives the pieces an uncanny People feel...
Sadat was a very great man who made the difficult seem effortless. The difference between great and ordinary leaders is rarely formal intellect but insight. The great man understands the essence of a problem; the ordinary leader grasps only the symptoms. The great man focuses on the relationship of events to each other; the ordinary leader sees only a series of seemingly disconnected events. The great man has a vision of the future that enables him to place obstacles into perspective; the ordinary leader turns pebbles in the road into boulders...
...research, the right hemisphere, far from being inferior to the left, as was once thought, proved clearly superior in some respects, including the capacity for intuitive thinking, interpreting auditory impressions and comprehending spatial relationships. Said the Nobel Committee of Sperry's achievements: "He has provided us with an insight into the inner world of the brain which hitherto had been almost completely hidden from...
...rights is merely one example of both the Crimson's liberal positions and its inability to bring fresh insight to bear upon current problems. Harvard students deserve more open-minded consideration of today's issues by the Crimson's editorials. If the Crimson is earnestly and sincerely seeking solutions to some of our difficult issues like affirmative action and race relations then it should welcome diverse opinions and vigorous debate among positions all across the political spectrum. Free discussion can only accelerate the discovery of the best answers to today's problems. Let's hope the Crimson agrees. Dan Frahm...