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Allen places no more of a premium on intellectual prowess or talent than he does on money or status. "I know so many people who are well educated and supereducated," he explains. "Their common problem is that they have no understanding and no wisdom; without that, their education can only take them so far. On the other hand, someone like Diane Keaton, who had not a trace of intellectualism when I first met her, can always cut right to the heart of the matter. As for talent, it is completely a matter of luck. People put too much...
Peter Fitzsimmons again displayed prowess in the 3000-meter steeplechase, outrunning his nearest opponent by an eternal 14 seconds...
...look so dubious last week when presented with a miniature replica of that endangered species by the National Wildlife Federation as "Conservationist of the Year"? Whatever he felt about the whooper, Carter appreciated the award, which recognized his support for environmental protection and recreation. The President boasted of his prowess as "hunter, fisherman, canoeist, hiker, camper and lately cross-country skier...
Johns Hopkins University is known for its prowess in training students for the medical profession. Last night in Baltimore, however, it was Harvard's surgically efficient swimming machine which did the operating as the Crimson anesthetized the Bluejays, 64-47. The only thing the Johns Hopkins students learned was that being a division III swimming power (Hopkins has captured the national title at that level for the last two years in a row) is not the same as being a division I power--as Crimson coach Joe Bernal's stable of seahorses is rapidly becoming...
When he made that famous forecast in The American Challenge a decade ago, the French publisher and pop economist Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber voiced a familiar European fear: that U.S. industry, armed with a strong dollar and high technological and marketing prowess, was rapidly turning Western Europe into a sort of American commercial romper room. So much for that worry. What now seems to rouse European passions is not the threat of a Yankee invasion but the prospect of a disruptive retreat...