Word: brainchild
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...brainchild of Students forEmpowerment, a collective of graduate studentscommitted to progressive politics and theincreased democratization of the University,Trumpbour said. "We feel that the students have noinfluence in the decision-making process at theUniversity. We hope this book will change that...
...ultra-high-frequency father of video art, Nam June Paik, is understandably proud of his latest brainchild for the electronic age. This week public television will air Bye Bye Kipling, a 90-minute avant-garde variety special, broadcast live from three countries. Intended as a high- resolution refutation of Kipling's "East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet," the show will feature a sampler of art, music and sports. Painter Keith Haring, Musicians Philip Glass and Lou Reed and a member of Paik's "family" of video robots will appear in Manhattan, Architect Arata...
...hybrid aircraft made up of four Sikorsky SH-34J helicopters attached to a helium-filled blimp, the Heli-Stat was the brainchild of Frank Piasecki, 66, a pioneer in helicopter development. Patented in 1961, the Heli-Stat could not find a sponsor until 1979, when Piasecki received backing from the U.S. Forest Service to build a vehicle for lifting lumber from remote forests. But development costs ballooned from an original estimate of $6.7 million to over $31 million, and the Heli-Stat managed to fly successfully for the first time only last April. The latest Lakehurst disaster may take...
...which had been trading fitfully in the $9 range since January, was pummeled in the past two weeks on Wall Street down as low as $4.88. Five days after Burr's announcement, People shares closed at only $6.75. There was considerable irony in the challenge that Burr and his brainchild were facing. Almost from its inception, People has been an air- industry legend--and headache--as Burr made air travel more accessible than ever before with his drastically lower fares. By last week Newark-based People had grown from a three-aircraft service in 1981 into a 117-jetliner network...
Arts on the Line, the brainchild of the Cambridge Arts Council, will be accepting applications for the subway art projects through Friday. Arts on the Line is working in conjunction with the MBTA, which is providing $20,000 for each of the six sites...