Show 1 LiMiNNEMammEEWliftniNWOOdlnbMlioMMOMmEWAOMJ PARADE'S SPECIAL Intelligence Report Fick s Fick America's Smartest People House Record i row '1 I ( 11 4 ' - r ' 4' i (D ) LiWhitten e c f Si Mama Schwankopf 11am - uestioning the intelligence of our 1 ) political leaders is an pastime Yet six politicians were among the top 20 choices of the 2550 readers who wrote to PARADE to vote an for their brightest fellow citizens In an August article that asked "Who Are the Smartest People in America? we invited readers to offer their own choices for the honor with no limit to the number they could name The person mentioned by the most readers was Carl Sagan the astronomer whose cosmic intelligence has brought scientific knowledge down to earth for millions of Americans Sagan "seems to have answers to every question regardless of the subject" said one reader Augusta S Reynolds of St Louis Upon hearing the news of his selection Dr Sagan a PARADE contributing editor replied: "A good definition of intelligence is understanding how little we understand of what there is to know" Second in reader mentions was H Norman Schwarzkopf the US Army general with the genius IQ who masterminded Operation Desert Storm Now retired "Stormin' Norman" has been smart enough to capitalize on his popularity: He landed a $5 million contract to write his autobiography "He's the only man who could get America out of the mess it has become" wrote Vila R Strawhecker of Colorado PARADE MAGAZINE JANUARY 5 1992 PACE tk N A tuddey Jr-- Latham Jordan leans Magda 01): Our kidded men and mined Our readers' top 10: Springs one of several readers who said they'd like to see 1) Carl Sagan astronomer and author director of Cornell's Schwarzkopf run for President Third was William F laboratory for Planetary Studies 2) H Norman Schwarzkopf Buckley Jr the conservative columnist who's quick-witte- d retired US Army general 3) William F Buckley Jr enough to outsmart most of the experts who appear on his founder of National Review author and host of Firing Line weekly Firing Line TV show Buckley "makes people think" 4) BM Moyers writer TV host said Don Burdette a reader producer and interviewer from Dallas A TV host on the 5) George Bush US President 6) Ralph Nader consumer opposite end of the political advocate and author spectrum—Bill Moyers—was ranked just behind Buckley 7) Jimmy Carter former US America's leading politician President President Bush was also the 8) Barbara Jordan former US Representative now a professor politician on our readers' list at No 5 And hot and special counsel on ethics on his heels was the maverick for Texas Gov Ann Richards consumer advocate Ralph Nader 9) Henry Kissinger former who just edged out a former US Secretary of State winner of the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize President Jimmy Carter The only woman among the 10) Gen Colin L Powell top 10 was former Rep Barbara chairman of the US Joint Jordan (D Tex) who earned a Chiefs of Staff The next five included Isaac reputation as a brilliant orator when she was a member of the Asimov the prolific author Nixon impeachment panel in and professor of biochemistry at Boston University John 1974 Lansing Bailey of Austin Kenneth Galbraith the author Tex referred to Jordan as economist and Harvard "she of the blinding truth" Incidentally Madonna—the professor Jeane Kirkpatrick millionaire pop star who the former US representative usually attracts more attention at the UN political-scienc- e with her body than her mind— professor and author Billy got three more smart votes than Graham the evangelist and former President Richard Nixon John Sununu who recently was replaced as President Rounding out the top 20 were Mario Cuomo governor When Bush's of New York Linus Pau ling informed of Sununu's poor g the Nobel showing Carl Sagan—obviously biochemist Marilyn vos Savant no fan of the conservative the PARADE contributing former New Hampshire F 1 the day on which he surpasses the previous record-holde- r the late Rep Carl Vinson (D Ga) Fight Over "I'luthering Ileights" 0 1'4 Prize-winnin- governor with the genius-levIQ—said this was "another Indication of the intelligence of el PARADE'S readers" editor with the stratospheric IQ Ronald Reagan former US President and Gloria Steinem the feminist author I oN 1 ' 4 t0 ( At f' 47 it - t r i (dr' f v Olivier I 4"4 pil V k top-ranki- ng chief-of-sta- ff g House member ever Whitten 81 came to Congress on Nov 4 1941—a month before Pearl Harbor Jan 6 1992 marks -' -'- 4 N as the longest-servin- I Cad Rep Jamie Miss) will place in the r"-Momor- i and Oberon in 1939 classic of Wu thering Merle inremake classic based by Emily Brontë—is now being shot The new version stars relative unknowns: Ralph Fiermes a British actor and the French actress Juliette Binoche When it's time to release the film Paramount will have to alter the title The 1939 version was produced by the late Sam Goldwyn whose son Samuel (it'll owns all rights to the title —and he's not letting go Last month an earlier ruling was reversed and Paramount was told it could call its film Emily Bronttrs Wuthering Heights Goldwyn may take legal action Wrong Hook last week's "Intelligence we stated that Studios made in movie Hook In fact tUm was released by Tri-StWe regret the error ar 13 I |