Word: intellect
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...secular foes, the 80-year-old Pope may yet have the last word in this battle over the meaning of "reason" in today's intellectual debate. For the whiff of censorship toward a figure who is welcomed in myriad settings across the world - both for his position and his intellect - may offer ammunition for Benedict's belief that he is something of a "Pope under siege" in the face of the prevailing secular winds of his times...
...succeeded MacMahon as head of the epidemiology department, praised MacMahon’s scientific accomplishments, as well as his personal strengths. “Brian MacMahon was one of the greatest men in contemporary science,” he said, “not only in terms of pure intellect and scientific drive but in terms of integrity and human qualities...
Still, even while expounding on the shortcomings of Marx's theories, Benedict goes out of his way to laud the philosopher for his "incisive language and intellect... precision and great analytic skill." Indeed it may be the final nail in the coffin for Communist ideology that the head of the Catholic Church feels safe in giving Marx his props as a great thinker. Swiss-born Cardinal George Cottier, a prominent Vatican theologian, who presented the encyclical to the Rome press corps, smiled as one reporter asked about the kind words. "Yes, I was surprised by the Holy Father's almost...
...Finally, the position a politician takes on an issue tells you something about his or her character, values and intellect. And that understanding doesn't disappear even if the issue itself does. Over the past six years, Bush and most Republicans in Congress have done their best to stop medical research that could cure many diseases, including one that I have. They claimed that morality and ethics required no less, yet they demonstrated by their indifference toward in vitro fertilization that they couldn't possibly be serious about this. Now they hope that science will spring them from the trap...
...Business School,” Leahy said. “He is one of the best people I’ve ever met in my life.” Leahy also said that Thain, a graduate of MIT’s electrical engineering program, was mostly known for his intellect. “I’ve seen no one with the quality of the mind better than John’s,” Leahy said. “He’s a trained engineer, very good with numbers,” Burke said. “He?...