Word: intellect
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...John Howard when his father ran a garage near their home in inner-western Sydney and the teenaged John was a debater at local Young Liberal meetings. Even then, says Forsyth, it was obvious he would lead. "He was wonderful, not charismatic, you know, but wonderful in his intellect and integrity. People laughed at me when I said one night that he would be prime minister, but I always said, just wait...
Litinsky, 23, is the youngest candidate on “The Apprentice,” but said during the show that his youth, energy and Harvard-groomed intellect were all assets, not liabilities...
Olivarez learned that intellect is not the most important trait on screen during her stint as soap opera intern. “What it comes down to is charisma because they don’t want someone who’s boring, no matter how smart they are,” she said...
Obama also possesses a formidable intellect...
STEPPING DOWN. WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR., 78, after a round (and orotund) half-century as guiding intellect and controlling shareholder of the immensely influential conservative magazine, the National Review. Buckley used the publication as one of several mechanisms for the life support and eventual triumphant revival of an ailing political position, characterized in the first issue as standing "athwart history, yelling 'Stop!'" Citing concerns about his inevitable mortality, he passed control to a board that includes his son Christopher, the humorist...