Word: intellect
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Such logic showed the independence of the scholarly Harlan. Armed with a penetrating intellect, he has developed a craftsmanlike and rigorous judicial philosophy that often leads him to his conclusion by a route that differs from that of the other justices. In many cases, his crucial swing vote may well determine how far from the Warren court's activism the Burger court will move...
...Your piece on Martha Mitchell [Nov. 30] was quite amusing, but you failed to spell out one thing. What happens when the size of the mouth exceeds that of the brain to such an extent that one completely overpowers the other? I would say it's idiocy over intellect by a wide margin, which is precisely what is happening in Washington today...
...still too bland and bloodless. This year's set of the complete Beethoven 32 (like his current Tully Hall cycle) has weaknesses, notably a prevailing glibness in the remote, mysterious late sonatas. But his approach has deepened to provide brilliant moments, poetic tone painting as well as intellect. Clearly, Barenboim is working on his problems. As he puts it disarmingly: "You don't get better at music by not playing...
...words," Harold Taylor, former president of Sarah Lawrence, pointed out more than a decade ago in a lecture to the National Committee on Art Education. Few educators realize that integration of the creative arts in the curriculum is essential to the development of an individual's sensibility-to his intellect...
...adventurers, in the underground for the hell of it. A few are 'crazies.' And there are some idealists of the Marxist 'useful idiot' type." More broadly, the guerrillas can range from outright criminals to blue-collar workers, from romantic, fanatic children of the elite to men of considerable intellect and courage...