With his fleshy face and muscular frame, he has a physical stolidity that clashes with his quickness of mind.
|
|
His original name was Abdu Salaam Ibn Said Ibn Habib () He gained the nickname 'Sahnun' (a type of sharp bird) because of his quickness of mind. His father was a soldier from Homs in Syria. He was from the Arab tribe of Tanukh.
|
|
His alleged role in the Wren machine is referred to in the Frank Hardy novel, Power Without Glory, in which the character "Garside" is clearly based on Gaunson. Gaunson remained a controversial political and legal figure throughout his life. His contemporary, Alfred Deakin, described him as "endowed with a musical voice, good presence, fine flow of language, great quickness of mind, readiness of retort and a good deal of industry, ability and humour, ... only disqualified from marked successes by his utter instability, egregious egotism, want of consistency and violence of temper".
|
|
At times he was accused of sharp practice.... Sharp practitioner or not, [his] quickness of mind and tongue, and transparent ambition to be seen to succeed, made him vulnerable to smears.... His over-assertiveness...led him to appear inconsiderate of the feelings and views of others.A. J. Trythall, "The Downfall of Leslie Hore-Belisha." Journal of Contemporary History 16.3 (1981): 397-98 His name is still widely associated in the UK with the amber "Belisha beacons" which were installed at pedestrian crossings while he was Minister for Transport.
|
|
He started his football career playing for Deportivo México,DEPORTIVO MÉXICO DE 1970 A 1973 - Nación and was later transferred to Saprissa. "Chinimba" is vastly recalled for his great shooting skills, his excellent passing abilities, and quickness of mind. Overall, he was a midfielder, with extraordinary talent, and was part of the famous Saprissa's midfield whose way of playing made history in the CONCACAF region, winning several titles with them. He was part of the mythical Saprissa squad that won six consecutive championships from 1972 to 1977, a record both in Costa Rica as well as in the Americas.
|
|
Ancient sources describe him as a bright though modest boy who excelled in his studies. Apuleius informs us that Speusippus praised Plato's quickness of mind and modesty as a boy, and the "first fruits of his youth infused with hard work and love of study".Apuleius, De Dogmate Platonis, 2 His father contributed all which was necessary to give to his son a good education, and, therefore, Plato must have been instructed in grammar, music, and gymnastics by the most distinguished teachers of his time.Diogenes Laërtius, Life of Plato, IV • Plato invokes Damon many times in the Republic.
|
|
221 (since few of them spoke English while their black allies did), he also became a lower level war chief. Because of his facility with languages and quickness of mind, John Horse eventually found himself in the midst of the Seminoles' negotiations with the U. S. Army as the war dragged on and open battles in the field gave way to guerrilla tactics and a long war of attrition. In the spring of 1838, after several pitched battles, Horse finally decided the fight against the Americans was unwinnable and surrendered to US troops. This may have been prompted by the loss of his first wife, a Seminole woman said to have been a daughter of Chief Holatoochee, a brother or nephew of the chief Micanopy.
|
|
Philosopher Colin McGinn, who taught with Fodor at Rutgers, described him in these words: > Fodor (who is a close friend) is a gentle man inside a burly body, and prone > to an even burlier style of arguing. He is shy and voluble at the same time > ... a formidable polemicist burdened with a sensitive soul.... Disagreeing > with Jerry on a philosophical issue, especially one dear to his heart, can > be a chastening experience.... His quickness of mind, inventiveness, and > sharp wit are not to be tangled with before your first cup of coffee in the > morning. Adding Jerry Fodor to the faculty at Rutgers [University] instantly > put it on the map, Fodor being by common consent the leading philosopher of > mind in the world today.
|
|