intellectuals

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And while it details Jewish participation in, and influence on, global soccer, it also challenges the cliché that Jews were intellectuals, artists and laborers but not athletes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026

The issue is that these are means to which most intellectuals are allergic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

While N.Y. punk was inspired by Beat writers and intellectuals, its British counterpart was more sociopolitical, aggressive and nihilistic, addressing concerns about the government, the monarchy and unemployment.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Rather than withdrawing from society, intellectuals have a moral obligation to the things they claim to believe in by participating in society.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

I was among white and Indian intellectuals of my own generation, young men who would form the vanguard of the most important political movements of the next few years.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela