In a less disciplined individual, such harsh treatment would inevitably spawn bitterness and despair.
But, he says, the scale of the project makes a maverick individual such as Canavero all the more important.
Mr Blunkett dismissed suggestions that the cards would be used to carry wide-ranging details about an individual, such as his DNA or health details.
Home-grown terrorists, or even a single mentally-ill individual such as the Unabomber, remain a possibility.
These idea masses correspond to the many interests of the individual (such as his home and his hobbies) and to broader philosophical and religious concepts and values.
This is called the "horizontal effect" and is what allows a private individual such as Max Mosley to sue a private organisation such as a national newspaper on human rights grounds.
In the past, the American trailblazers were destination spas that reflected the vision of a single individual, such as Deborah Szekely's sybaritic Golden Door in Escondido, Calif., or Sheila Cluff's sporty spa the Oaks in Ojai, Calif.
That's also a key lesson from Edward Snowden's revelations — the very fact that a system made up of an unprecedented range of sensitive data is vulnerable to the unauthorized intervention of one determined individual, such as Snowden himself.
Invariably, the performer is an unassuming individual, such as this young ragtime guitar wizard who has been playing on the streets of San Francisco for ten years, and can still be found there.
Home-grown terrorists, or even a single mentally-ill individual such as the Unabomber, remains a possibility.Whoever has been sending the letters has managed to spread panic and cause plenty of disruption.
A determined individual such as Euler or Lagrange could emphasize a given program of research through his own work, the publications of the academy, and the setting of the prize competitions.
