Word: intellects
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Morse). But Bart the grizzly, who starred in 1989's The Bear, deserves a Best Supporting Animal award for his ferocious work. Baldwin is persuasive in his familiar persona, the cagey sleazebag. And as the polymath plutocrat, Hopkins manages to make erudition sexy; a library intelligence and a steely intellect make him Baldwin's ideal adversary. The Edge merits a modest cheer as an action film that celebrates not brute force but survival of the smartest...
...critical to the company's success, according to Edgar Woolard Jr., chairman of E.I. DuPont and one of only two board members who survived the latest assault. "It's conceivable Apple could turn around without Steve, but the probability goes up significantly with Steve. Steve is noted for his intellect and vision, but he can also bring a spirit of enthusiasm to users and employees alike...
...when most academics are becoming more technical and narrow in scope, Sen demonstrates that technical intellect and encyclopedic knowledge can go together," he said. "He is not only highly respected in economics and philosophy, but has also influenced ideas of nationality, famine and economic development...
President Neil L. Rudenstine said he considers Sen's scholarship influential. "Sen is a major figure internationally for his wide-ranging intellect. He is a teacher at all levels, among colleagues as well as students," Rudenstine said...
...opinions, Justice Brennan changed all that, building an edifice of common sense and uncommon wisdom that transformed the landscape of America. If John Marshall was the chief architect of a powerful national government, then Brennan was the principal architect of the nation's system for protecting individual rights. Intellect alone could never have achieved so much, though Brennan's intellectual brilliance was indispensable. What animated him was passion and compassion, insight and empathy, and a vision of a Constitution of, by and for the people...