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...Thinking Without Thinking (Little, Brown; 277 pages). Gladwell isn't a psychologist or a tennis pro. He's a journalist, a staff writer for the New Yorker, but he likes to dabble in those kinds of intriguing, messily interdisciplinary problems, to which he brings his singularly lucid, clarifying intellect...
...fundamentally and pathetically untrue, it’s blatantly offensive and, frankly, stupid. An apology issued later does little to counteract the offensive idiocy inherent in the comparison. In the context of public debate over the movie, this sort of justification shows us just how misinformed the anti-Kinsey intellect...
Whether they mock him or not, one thing remains true—Grumet-Morris’ teammates have great admiration for his intellect...
...John Howard when his father ran a garage near their home in inner-western Sydney and the teenaged John was a debater at local Young Liberal meetings. Even then, says Forsyth, it was obvious he would lead. "He was wonderful, not charismatic, you know, but wonderful in his intellect and integrity. People laughed at me when I said one night that he would be prime minister, but I always said, just wait...
Olivarez learned that intellect is not the most important trait on screen during her stint as soap opera intern. “What it comes down to is charisma because they don’t want someone who’s boring, no matter how smart they are,” she said...