Perhaps in Boston, with pockets nearly as deep as the Yankees, his razor sharp intellect was dulled just enough to cause these lapses in judgment.

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Over the past few years, Grove has applied his characteristic intensity and razor-sharp intellect to exploring why progress in finding treatments for neurological diseases, such as Parkinson's, has been agonizingly slow.

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But Rumsfeld quickly moved to give the job to Air Force Secretary Jim Roche, a trusted friend who shares Rumsfeld's vision for the military and is known for a sharp intellect and a penchant for "shaking things up, " in the words of one official.

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