Word: intellect
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...markets. Rubin, the Goldman Sachs wonder boy who ran the firm's complex and dangerous arbitrage operations and then led it to rocket-ship international growth. And Summers, the Harvard-trained academic who is invariably called the Kissinger of economics: a total pragmatist whose ambition sometimes grates but whose intellect never fails to dazzle...
...written entirely in a dialect that sounds like some form of New Yorkese ("We grabbed zum lunj and then went oud to Lang Island in a big goach galled the Jidney"). Not for the starchy or easily offended, these exercises in absurdity showcase Amis' extravagant talents and splashy intellect. But we must also say that a little Heavy Water goes a long...
When Starr talks about Bill Clinton, a hint of envy creeps into his voice, and his words betray a lifelong preoccupation with resume, intellect and reputation. As a young man fresh out of Sam Houston High School in San Antonio, Texas, Starr spent two years at Harding College in Arkansas and eventually came to realize that he and this charismatic Clinton fellow had moved along the same track to Washington--except that Clinton was always ahead. Clinton was at Georgetown when Starr was at George Washington University; Clinton was a Senate aide when Starr was a House aide; Clinton landed...
...Oprah, couples counselors and John Gray seminars, all telling us that love is about hard work and accepting one another's differences, Ephron refreshingly stands out as the nation's foremost advocate of mind-meld. For her, it seems, true love exists when there is a complete compatibility of intellect and tastes, the shared belief, say, that Brooks Robinson was the best third baseman ever. Intimacy isn't something built; it is something found when just the right attractive someone enters your universe, cyber or otherwise. "What's really better," says Ephron, "than two brains falling in love...
...rich will always be rich, even without the great skill and intellect of Harvard students protecting them. The needy, however, need people like us--smart, hard-working young people who can use the incredible tools we have received here to make the world a better place. We have an obligation to give back to those who deserve it most, and not just incidentally if it is convenient for us and for our investment bank's profit margin...