And in the wake of an unexpected death on the medical drama "Grey's Anatomy," a psychiatrist explains why we grieve TV characters who we know aren't real -- intellectually, at least.
Polley's self-reflexive investigation into her own murky parentage turns out to be emotionally and intellectually nourishing; more a real-life Rashomon than a feature-length Who Do You Think You Are? Statham gives his atrophied acting muscles a workout, playing a paranoid war vet wallowing in London's criminal underbelly.
She was then, as now, a real presence -- intellectually alive, vital, engaging, and deeply committed to the welfare of her community, which she defined in broad and inclusive terms.
"Pat gets engaged intellectually by getting engaged with real problems," Mr. Wilson observes.
Finding the best way to advance knowledge of the vast complexities of outer space to boldly go where no man has gone before intellectually rather than just physically is the real challenge.
MW: Performed the experimental work described in the manuscript and contributed intellectually to the design of the real-time PCR RiboSEQ GBS test.
Allowing ideology to rule over the real situation on the ground is "intellectually vacuous".
Being intellectually challenging and having the ability to hold real discussions about meaningful topics will always trump shallow beauty in the long run.
"The widespread notion that Andrée was an aspiring sensationalist and, intellectually, an isolated dreamer out of touch with the real polar science and technology of his period is distressingly close to the complete opposite to the reality," Wråkberg wrote.
As ineffective as he is, Romney is not the problem; no, the real issue is that conservative ideology is intellectually bankrupt, morally corrupt, and internally inconsistent.
