Sentence examples for intellectual distinctions from inspiring English sources

Several hundred members of the Yale faculty protested about honouring someone they referred to as a "mediocre man" – Bush had graduated from Yale with a poor degree and could boast of few intellectual distinctions.

But Mr Law has some powerful enemies to fight, and some interesting intellectual distinctions to draw, in the war for children's minds.His enemies are authoritarians who want to claim an external source for moral judgments normally, religious faith and impose their views unquestioningly on others.

Why did intellectual distinction run in some families?

Wanting to prove herself a "superior girl," McCarthy strove in her formative years for intellectual distinction.

It also bequeathed him a world of fantastic, if understated intellectual distinction.

Serious psychotherapist glasses added intellectual distinction to Dalia's other graces.

A life that should have encompassed lasting intellectual distinction had fizzled out in defeat and failure.

Narayan's caste was one noted for its intellectual distinction and high culture.

"We will keep working to channel our intellectual distinction into an ever-more dynamic and satisfying student experience".

Black people were, for the most part, unthreatening curiosities; those who displayed intellectual distinction tended to arouse wonder rather than resentment.

It is unlikely that a male academic without tenure, with no particular intellectual distinction and limited policy-making experience would have been picked.