Leadership and far-sightedness are not general, abstract qualities, but specific to particular tasks and fields and times.

FORBES: The Far-sighted Leader

Semantic knowledge involves general, abstract concepts.

MSN: How the brain turns reality into dreams

General Musharraf is inching towards a destination that, in the abstract, appears acceptable: a power-sharing arrangement with Benazir Bhutto, a former prime minister who leads Pakistan's most popular political party from exile.

ECONOMIST: Pakistan