Sentence examples for a practical intelligence from inspiring English sources

But, like the title character, Mr. Nesher demonstrates a practical intelligence for making basic connections.

Mr. Wood and many other acquaintances say Mr. Bush brims with a practical intelligence.

Until her death from cancer, in 1996, Olga was a levelheaded balance to Havel's idealism and to his trusting nature; she was a practical intelligence and, through years of harassment and imprisonment, an indefatigable support.

He had what you might call a practical intelligence.

"He has an astonishing practical intelligence," Buscaglia said.

In a challenge to the primacy of the standardized tests that millions of Americans have sweated over, the University of Michigan Business School is developing a test of practical intelligence, or common sense, that it hopes will do a better job of identifying future leaders than the Graduate Management Admission Test, or G.M.A.T., does.

A bit favoring the practical intelligence of a 55-year-old garbage collector over the wisdom of a 28-year-old with three doctorates — "This idiot has been thinking about three things for like 15 years.

Analytic intelligence -- what the SAT measures -- lends itself to memorization and analyzing information; people express creative intelligence by applying knowledge in a novel way; practical intelligence reveals itself in everyday situations.

The use of judgment in every circumstance, as a warrant for practical intelligence and personal freedom, has to remain at the core of education.

Executives say that a valid test of practical intelligence could be a valuable tool in making hiring decisions, particularly because of the speed with which managers must now make decisions.

What is often forgotten, in the noisy polemics around Stockhausen, is the fact that his visions were put into practice with a colossal speculative and practical intelligence, which earned him the respect and enthusiasm of musicians as diverse as Boulez and the Beatles.