Word: brainchild
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Bows and Arrows surpasses the Walkmen’s stellar debut, the intermittently charming and haunting Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone—and that’s saying a lot. Equal parts lilting lullaby and drunken caterwaul, Bows and Arrows sounds like the demented brainchild of a beer-spattered New York hustler with only his inflated sense of self-importance for company. But through each bout of sonic schizophrenia, the Walkmen’s intent and delivery shine clear: each arrow reaches its target with the precision of a Tolkien elf to create gorgeously ethereal, emotionally...
...hard to say how a fashion phenomenon starts, when an item crosses the line from cute new idea to "it" item. But in the case of C&C California--the brainchild of thirtysomething principals Claire Stansfield and Cheyann Benedict--a few lucky breaks have catapulted the company's line of electric-colored slouchy T shirts into the must-have category. One of them was an endorsement in the fashion press from waifish style icon Sofia Coppola. Another was the starring role in a Visa small-business commercial. But the real coup was a prime slot on one of Oprah...
...Carpenter Center exhibit was the brainchild of Eric Rentschler, chair of the department of Germanic Languages and Literature at Harvard. Rentschler, who also teaches in the Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) department, was well-acquainted with Wim Wenders’s films. He and Kenan Professor of English Marjorie Garber, the director of the Carpenter Center and chair of VES, brought the Wenders exhibit to the Carpenter Center before its next stop in Washington...
...quite Matt & Ben, Ben & Jerry, Simon & Garfunkel, or Itchy & Scratchy, Hani & Adam look forward to receiving a projected 100 applications to their brainchild next summer as they baby-sit their non-profit. Says Kalamchi, “It’s as close to being married as possible...
KIPP was born in 1994, the brainchild of “Teach for America” alumni Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin. It started as a program for fifth-graders at Houston’s Garcia Elementary School. In 1995, the first KIPP-only schools opened in Houston and the South Bronx...