Word: intellect
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Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby said in a statement, “His is a keen and capacious intellect, seasoned with wit, shot through with verve, capable of the most extraordinary connections between cognitive science, evolutionary psychology, moral and political thought, and popular culture...
...Ernesto Zedillo is a person of extraordinary leadership and intellect, both a statesman and a scholar,” University President Lawrence H. Summers said in a press release yesterday. “His embrace of democratic values and economic reforms had a profound effect on Mexico, and his thoughtful observations on globalization are timely and important...
...mother, on and off the dole. He shined shoes after school near the New York Public Library on 42nd Street (in the winter of 1940, he sometimes shared the sidewalk with folk singer Woody Guthrie). He was a New York classic, the book-hungry street genius, his intellect so fresh, so vital--and so much fun--because it had been built from the pavement...
...concentrators—secretly think they’ve got a novel in them, or at least a couple of short stories. We’re intellectuals, by and large, and we’re also kind of pretentious, and when you pair vintage Harvard ambition with genuine Harvard intellect, it’s no surprise that creative writing comes up on many students’ “to-do-by-senior-year” lists...
...Moynihan, along with a few colleagues, including the late Paul Wellstone and current Rhode Island senator Lincoln Chafee, were able to win voters' confidence without having to compromise their messages, or their intellect. Whether he was led by political instinct or innate conviction, Moynihan believed fiercely in the importance of serious, multi-layered debate, a skill that continues to dissipate as the daily sound bytes shrink...