Word: intellect
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...many years Mr. Macleod was a member of England's No. 1 bridge team, helping it garner worldwide prestige in international matches, and he still ranks amongst the world's top 20 or so bridge players. His always quiet, unassuming demeanor beclouds the brilliance of his intellect...
Intelligence and intellect are not alway concomitants, especially at women's colleges, where stress is often put on social aspects, with grades producing the major impetus for learning. But on the Sarah Lawrence campus, there is ample evidence of intellectual activity. In the dining hall that serves Sarah Lawrence's 400 students, conversations hew to the intellectual rather than the social. This year's freshman play, written by students, is a satire on Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot," a striking contrast to the fraternity-sorority skits that are the rule on many of the nation's campuses...
...edict blew up a storm all over Canada. Snapped the Toronto Telegram: "The idea that 'fat teachers aren't good teachers' is absolutely ridiculous. It smacks of sweeping generalization, always a bad habit, and dictates an inseparable link between appearance and intellect that does not exist." Mounting a crusade for Jim Babinetz, the Telegram interviewed Teacher Hilliard Anderson of Humber-crest public school, who happens to weigh 325 Ibs. Said he: "My size commands authority." The rival Toronto Star took a different tack. Since Jim is now eager to shed 60-80 Ibs., the Star hired...
...first two decades of the 20th century, crimes were committed in the grand old English manner. Murder was still a puzzle, and whether S. S. Van Dine, Ellery Queen or H C Bailey were writing the rules, the mari who found the answer was a citizen of superior intellect. Whatever he collected for the job, he actually worked for intellectual satisfaction. It was not until 1929 that a slim, sardonic operator named Samuel Dashiell Hammett published Red Harvest and gave murder-to say nothing of lesser crimes-back to the people who are ordinarily involved...
...Intellect and Moral Character...