The male characters are clear symbols of "law" and cold rationality, while the women are intuitive.

Engineering background or not, he lacked the cold rationality of a Ryba-or a Zeldyan-and even the callousness of a Fornal.

Then a cold rationality returned.

The tool makes the whole process much easier, except that some researchers don't use it because, Dr. Tschinkel says, they are tied to tradition despite the supposed cold rationality of the scientific enterprise.

The male characters are clear symbols of "law" and cold rationality, while the women display an intuitiveness representative of the psychoanalytic movement, evoking an interrogation of the value of superficial rational thought.

They are not stupid or slow, however - their cold rationality and force of will mean they are often smart, skilled and strong, and many have had centuries of existence to practice.

His own thought processes would have to match Dax's in cold rationality, to sort through this situation's elements and determine the one proper course of action.

But he knew that the cowardly body was in league with his own cold rationality.

For them, the war is to be waged free of any constraints or mercy and is run with the cold rationality of professionals.

With cold rationality, he recognized that.