Word: intellective
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LIVING UP to the talent of a writer like Nabokov takes some care and precision. But if this excerpt from Albee's program note is any clue, his intellect is muddied with sentiment when it comes to his predecessor: "The play of Lolita is both Nabokov and Albee...But, that being as it may...the entire work is Nabokov; it is my valentine to the great man, he who suffered fools so badly and who, so clearly, loved us all, even the Humbert Humberts and the Lolitas of this world...
...other hand, what you want from the students is fear and respect. You want to cash in on all the agony you've gone through to master the material by making sure they suffer. You want them to be in awe of the searing brilliance of your intellect. You want to dominate them, exploit them, pure and simple...
...helped that Jeane Kirkpatrick is a woman and a Democrat. But her selection as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations was made chiefly on the grounds of her intellect. She first came to Reagan's attention last year when Commentary magazine published her forcefully written, tightly reasoned article criticizing the weaknesses and inconsistencies in Jimmy Carter's human rights policies. She concluded that the President behaved "not like a man who abhors autocrats, but like one who abhors only right-wing autocrats...
...senior executive producer, is convinced that the amiable Kuralt, 46, who won millions of fans over the past 13 years for his evening news "On the Road" travels, will push them still higher. He says, "If anyone can raise the ratings, Charlie can. He's an extraordinary intellect, a humanist of tremendous dedication, and he has more integrity and compassion than anyone else I know. Put together, that spells mother." (Or whew...
...even an extraordinary intellect, dedicated humanist and man of compassion like Mother Charlie cannot erase Morning's greatest handicap: it is only half a competitor. The show runs opposite its two rivals from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. After that it gives way-extremely reluctantly, it should be added-to Captain Kangaroo, which has been entertaining preschool children for a quarter-century. Quips Kuralt: "If only we could resolve the serious artistic question of what to do with Captain Kangaroo...