Man's scientific genius has been amazing.
But its genius has been to cultivate loyalty, using repression only as a last resort.
His particular genius has been to let people know that is what he is doing.
In the past few days the word genius has been routinely bandied about.
Each's reputation as a football "genius" has been debunked, if not destroyed, by Jim Fassel.
But Mr Arafat's genius has been to survive as a resistance leader who, against all odds, keeps resistance alive.
Wenger's genius has been to meld together and feel thoroughly comfortable with players from hugely different ethnic backgrounds.
But as hard as this may be for some of us to comprehend, creative genius has been around much longer.
Woods has always made plenty of them and his genius has been his ability to recover, either instantly or quickly.
The subject of Brian Wilson's tumultuous life and creative genius has been approached before on screen – directly and tangentially.
The word "genius" has been horrifically devalued of late, not least by the NME Awards, having bestowed the 2006 "Godlike Genius" title upon Ian bloody Brown.
