Word: intellection
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...year-old aunt told the Daily Southtown newspaper in Chicago that his parents were so intent on their son's academic success that they turned him into a "snob." Wanda would take her Theodore to Chicago art museums when he was a baby hoping to stimulate his intellect. "I used to tell her," the aunt said, "'Wanda, the boy is too young. He isn't learning anything.' Later she would tell me [when he was doing well in school], 'You see? He was listening...
...Harvard attracts bright, capable, intelligent people of all kinds," Koppell says. "Unfortunately, some people use their intellect in negative ways...
...spot Murderer's Thumb--broad at the knuckle, narrow at the top. A statistically significant proportion of death row inmates have it. He also tried to justify his art by citing its genetic basis: apparently 60 percent of babies born with a simial line (when the intellect and love lines are one) will develop Down's Syndrome, and doctors always examine newborns' palms for it. Paul said there are 150 articles and journal reports on Cabot Library's science articles directory about palmistry...
...stretch of the imagination can one say that four years at Harvard will leave us with the wisdom of a life time. Still, it is true that--if Harvard deserves its celebrated reputation--a graduating senior will leave these walls with a greatly expanded intellect and world-view. In fact, any fly on the wall of a typical Core section cannot help but observe that seniors and juniors seem to be getting the point in a way that the first-years...
...hungry people could use the money spent on that uneaten food. Once that kind of thinking took place, the rest was logistics, and 543 people signed up to raise over 1,700 dollars. Every student should leave Cambridge knowing how to ask the question, "How can I use my intellect and my energy to make a difference...