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...because of his experience as a POW - wasn't going to compromise his principles or hold his tongue to please his party. He was also, at his core, still the rowdy, runty, red-tempered plebe who finished near the bottom of his class at the Naval Academy despite an IQ of 133. McCain became a symbol in 2000 of courage and candor. Few took close looks at his policy positions. It was almost enough to get him the Republican nomination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Resurrection of John McCain | 1/23/2008 | See Source »

...answer is, "Because they're in a horror/sf/disaster movie." And if you thought that Abrams - the creator of Felicity, Alias and Lost, and the writer-director of the spiffy if underperforming Mission: Impossible III - would produce a horror movie that was not just high-concept but high-IQ - you misjudge his faithfulness to a genre requiring that, in extremis, people act in a manner that's way below their intelligence levels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corliss on Cloverfield: The Blair Witch Reject | 1/16/2008 | See Source »

Perhaps I was louder than I intended because a friend of mine on the shuttle laughed as I said goodbye to my mother. He said he’d never heard me talk in such a way, and informed me that my accent made it sound as if my IQ had just plummeted sixty points...

Author: By Jessica C. Coggins | Title: Don’t Mess with Texas | 11/5/2007 | See Source »

...needs to be tested and twisted by a host of aggressive characters. That game plan should change next summer with the remake of Get Smart; he plays the Maxwell Smart role Don Adams had on the 60s TV spy parody, which means that Carell will presumably be lowering his IQ and raising his dander. I want to think that Carell has a bright future in movies, that there's room for his good nature and expert timing in any kind of comedy, chick or dude...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Steve Carell in Reel Life | 10/28/2007 | See Source »

...world decide my schedule.”Buffett sat down with the Harvard group for two hours on Friday afternoon. Students were eager to hear the Berkshire Hathaway CEO’s tips for financial success.“Investing is not about having a 200 IQ. You need a sound temperament and the ability to think for yourself,” he said. “Institutions get caught up in fads, [and] you have to keep your own scorecard.”Using the example of China’s stock market, Buffett argued that emotional management...

Author: By Prateek Kumar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Make Buffett Pilgrimage | 10/22/2007 | See Source »

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