Word: intellect
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...HIGH FASHION, HIGH INTELLECT...
...houses that Swinton, 48, reigns. Part of the renown comes from her aura: slim, pale and towering, keen of features and intellect, she invests her film characters with an imperious mien that some viewers want to mess with - but they can't, because she's been there first; she's always willing to defile herself for her art. She brings a fearless commitment to all her movies, big and small, entertaining or dreadfully daunting; she'll try anything and make it work. It's a mystery how this bold, striking star-in-the-making avoided Hollywood...
...regarding Supreme Court nominations as a means of rewarding a constituency for its political support is highly pernicious and poisons the nomination process. Furthermore, the pursuit of racial and sexual balance has no place in a process that should aspire to select justices based on the relevant criteria of intellect and principles, not the irrelevant criteria of complexion and anatomy...
...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...
...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...