Any weekend savant with a dial-up connection can tell you who is going to win in most of the categories, but it takes a rare form of brilliance to figure out who is absolutely, no doubt about it, going to tank come Sunday night.
For any one of these aspects of the life of Louis Brandeis -- lawyer, scholar, justice -- we would remember him today as a figure of insight, brilliance, creativity, and moral courage.
Here the intensity of the sunlight had interposed its own revelation, absorbing these human figures into its brilliance, giving substance only to shadow.
Mr. Rees said he hoped it would portray Washington as a figure with all the brilliance and bravery of Indiana Jones.
Originally from Greece, he was a charming but volatile figure with a reputation for brilliance.
Forgan will characterise Gove as an exceptional figure "with the determination and brilliance to make a difference" unlike most politicians, who "on the whole are bad at culture".
In the Mahabharata, Shiva is depicted as "the standard of invincibility, might, and terror", as well as a figure of honor, delight, and brilliance.
For years these mysterious backroom figures silently rubbed greasy, shadowy brilliance over the biggest acts of the day.
If she cuts a diffident figure, it's simply in service of lyrical brilliance.
I've quit trying to figure out the show and instead luxuriate in its brilliance.
The fear was that – for all his oratorical brilliance – Obama somehow lacked empathy, that he was a slightly chilly, aloof figure, that he struggled to connect emotionally.
