Word: rigor
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...tradition of cyclical historians, such as Arthur Schlesinger Jr., who see alternating periods of civic action and reaction. But Phillips is not a hand-wringing liberal pining for a return to power; he is a conservative political scientist who once worked for Richard Nixon. For all the rigor of his economic dissection, however, Phillips offers few clues about the form this populist upheaval is likely to take -- a disappointing weakness given that politicians as varied as George Wallace and Jesse Jackson inspired followings that were described as populist...
Until last fall, that is, when Penrose brought out the book The Emperor's New Mind, an in-depth discussion of the relationship between artificial intelligence, consciousness and the laws of physics. Despite its complexity and intellectual rigor, the book quickly jumped onto the best-seller list. And just like his friend and sometime collaborator Stephen Hawking, the once obscure Penrose suddenly found himself showered with publicity. The professor was so unaware of how much the book was earning that he asked his editor whether there was enough to cover a few thousand pounds...
Just as his background blends a Southern gentility with Judaic intellectual rigor, Romano presents an amiability that offsets his willingness to make sharp moral judgments. He retains the capacity for a mature rebuttal of selfinterest among the privileged while he himself is a product of middle-class comfort. And although his collegiate career has led him to oversee the work of 1000 volunteers in 38 committees, Romano remains most comfortable plotting and executing one-on-one community work with the children of Boston's housing projects and tenements...
Apparently, however, the concentration's rigor and relative lack of attention are not the only difficulties facing concentrators. Another appears to be lack of access to suitable equipment--especially computing facilities--for undergraduates...
...extends to Oval Office meetings, where Bush is unfailingly gracious, whether with earnest junior staffers or craven special pleaders. It is Sununu's role to wring useful information out of unctuous presentations and rebut one-sided arguments, and he delights in it. Bush clearly relishes the edge and the rigor that Sununu provides. "He has made a lot of friends for our Administration," Bush says, "on the basis of competence, sheer competence...