Word: intellect
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Obama called Summers “one of the great economic minds of our time” and said he will bring “a singular combination of skill, intellect and experience to the role he will play in our administration...
...Girls, do not believe that you were created for nothing but to play, dance, sing, read novels and flirt ... You need not study medicine or law or become female ministers, or ever expect to become President of the United States; but be something more than mere dolls ... Cultivate your intellect and your heart, and prove to the world that 'all men and women are created equal.' " When Sidwell Friends founder Thomas Sidwell married teacher Frances Haldeman in 1887, he made her co-principal, and they shared the leadership of the school for the rest of their lives...
...roughshod over their prerogatives in pursuit of some greater goal - like wresting control of the House from the Republicans in 2006, a project Emanuel spearheaded. Others simply fear him. But few people who know and have dealt with Emanuel are not greatly impressed by his energy, intellect and sheer will. "It shows Obama is serious about getting things done and that he knows he doesn't have a lot of time to do it," says an Obama campaign insider. "And it shows that he realizes that he needs someone to corral the Democrats in Congress. If they're running...
...ultimately more like hate-spreading) conferences like Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week on campuses across the nation reveals the ulterior motive therein. The call for political neutrality in academia is clearly misinformed and ultimately misguided. First and foremost, the political leanings of professors are poor litmus tests for their intellect, pedagogical aptitude, or enthusiasm for teaching—all of which are more important considerations in the hiring of professors and the development of young minds. Secondly, the idea that liberal—or untraditional—scholarship is undesirable is one fundamentally opposed to the ideal of academia, which...
...Bush, so we watched helplessly as our government abdicated its responsibilities to Americans, to the world, and to the core beliefs of our democracy. But now there is no excuse. We must start to reverse the disastrous policies of the Bush administration by electing a president with the intellect, the pragmatism, and the leadership to put America back on track. That president is Barack Obama...