Word: intellects
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Monday Bush declared, "I'm a better man because of Yale." The bitterness was gone, replaced by humor. Bush has long since realized that the jokes about his limited intellect aren't going to stop. So he's decided to turn them to his advantage. "To those of you who received honors, awards and distinctions, I say, 'Well done,'" he told Yale graduates before breaking into a grin. "To the 'C' students, I say, 'You, too, can be president of the United States...
...points out a Ju Ming sculpture he admires and some work he's had done to the house, his gestures are compact, as if his arms automatically seek the shortest distance between repose and extension. His bearing is quiet, but always lurking is the authority, both of his formidable intellect and his high office. To his credit, he wears his achievements as easily as his blue oxford shirt. In these moments, as he shows off his newly remodeled home, he becomes the Taiwanese everyman?successful, middle-class, proud of his detached house and little garden. The outfit?wire-frame glasses...
...It’s not an occasion to celebrate when a man of such intellect, grace and poise departs the scene, especially one who has exhibited such strong commitment to values of inclusivity and excellence in the particular form of strengthening Afro-American studies here,” says Professor of Sociology and of Afro-American Studies Lawrence D. Bobo...
Summers talked to the search committee for almost five hours that day about his plans for Harvard. It was not his first time interviewing with some members of the search committee, but others were encountering his renowned intellect for the first time...
...were looking for someone with a superior intellect and an understanding of the Academy, someone who would command the respect of the Faculty, and someone who had a vision for the future," explained one committee member...