Word: intellect
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...ambition to be the grand ayatollah of Iraq is taken as a given by many observers in Baghdad. But whether the Shi'ite clergy in Iran will allow this remains murky. Some observers figure that Sadr, who has a reputation as a dullard, simply does not have the intellect Qom's religious instructors demand in would-be ayatollahs. In other words, Sadr may flunk out of ayatollah school and never attain the kind of religious authority many believe he hopes to wield in Iraq in future years...
Talent and intellect aside, Carpio also possesses a physical beauty that is difficult to ignore. “She’s a really attractive woman with a fantastic fashion sense,” Henderson says. “She has a distinctive style that I think is part of her being a rising star. She’s very hip and knows what’s going on.” This professor just might be cooler than her own students...
...universally respected for his intellect, honesty, and ability to articulate the issues, plus he is not a compromiser of principles." -Nevada federal judge Lloyd D. George (Meridian magazine...
...Chief among them are Shan's parents, Mrs. Gu, devastated by her loss, and Teacher Gu, bewildered by the nature and personality of the child he has fathered and retreating further into the arid haven of his intellect in order to cope with her demise. But there are less obvious people the death marks: Kai, a public announcer on a government radio station that spews out continuous propaganda; Kai's husband Han, a man on the make in the provincial government, who harbors dreams of greater influence; and Nini, a deformed girl, eldest of six daughters, who is nothing more...
More so than anything after graduation, this class needs to understand and handle adversity. Matt Lauer faces adversity every day. He has verbally grappled with the eloquent Ann Coulter, debated the high intellect of Tom Cruise, and, somehow, Matt Lauer goes to work with Al Roker EVERY DAY of the year. These battle scars may seem trite, but, in the annals of daytime television, they are nothing short of legendary. Just last week, the man survived a wild deer attack. No word on whether the deer was so fortunate...