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Feinberg is not the first person you would pick to comfort the aggrieved. He has a jagged intellect that does not easily abide dissent; he is a leading candidate for the title of World's Most Competitive Human; he is completely unfamiliar with hushed, conciliatory tones (even in intimate moments, his thick Boston accent and habit of applying verbal italics to every third word make Feinberg sound as if he is in the midst of a perpetual rant). He is, not surprisingly, a very successful lawyer...
...among the Israelis and Arabs - have the answer, but he believes music has lessons for nations, particularly his own founded in 1948 and the Palestinian one struggling to exist. "Nothing in music is independent," he says. "It requires the perfect balance between head, heart and stomach." When emotion and intellect are in tune, he argues, it is easier for nations to look outward as well as inward. "The reason we named this orchestra is because Goethe was one of the first Germans to be really interested in other countries - he started learning Arabic when he was over 60." Barenboim...
...press release announcing Graham’s appointment, Summers highlighted Graham’s intellect and professional background as his key qualifications...
...Songs like Pimp Juice aren't about pimping; they just invoke the trope because, sadly, that's how lazy mainstream rap has got in 2002. Actually, the message of Pimp Juice is uplifting--"Your pimp juice is anything that attracts the opposite sex/It could be money, fame or straight intellect"--as long as you don't mind being compared to a flesh peddler. Ah, well. Sensitive types won't take much comfort from Hot in Herre, a summer single that culminates in everyone's taking off his or her clothes, or Work It, a provocative duet with 'N Sync...
...intellectual wasteland that blights the career of all undergraduates with its tedious and facile offerings that neither energize nor educate. It must be scrapped when it comes up for review next year and replaced with a distribution requirement that does not limit student choice and stultify students’ intellect. Instead of making the sweeping reforms suggested by Summers’ inaugural speech, the only change has been to exempt students from one additional requirement. And while exempting students from another requirement is a welcome step, it fails to address the larger intellectual flaws inherent in the system...