Zakaria, who is judicious, reasonable, smooth, intelligent, and a little glib, predicts nothing so rash.

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They took a light hand with their references so that the clothes felt of our moment, distilling a longing for pieces that are intelligent, poetic and also a little tough.

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There is little debate that some subordinates are more intelligent and gifted than those above them.

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He's a very intelligent guy, who found the influence from above a little too much at Milan.

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Instead of seeing, primarily, short stature, I saw that one was exceptionally beautiful, that one was unusually short even for a dwarf, that one laughed uproariously and often, that one had an especially intelligent face and so I began to recognize how generically I had responded to little people until then.

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But they also want to enjoy the benefits of a little cheating, especially if it reinforces their belief that they are a bit more intelligent or popular than they really are.

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Snakes are also known as little dragons and people born in the year of the snake are thought to be intelligent, rational and organized, though they can also be egotistic, according to Feng Shui experts.

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