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...brainchild of Agnes Y. Nieman, the endowed fellowships were proposed to the Harvard Corporation by then-President James B. Conant '14 as an alternative to a school of journalism...
Imagine is the brainchild of Tony Krantz, Lynch's former agent at Creative Artists Agency, and his partners, producer Brian Grazer and director Ron Howard, who were behind Apollo 13 and EDtv. It is making a name for itself by recruiting creative wizards like Lynch who have worked mostly in movies and can bring a new sensibility to TV. In its first full season of development Imagine produced three of the most original shows on network television: Felicity, the WB's cinematic coming-of-age drama about a college freshman; Sports Night, a fast-paced half-hour on ABC that...
Another successful project was the brainchild of a fourth-grade class in Lake Isabella, Calif. The class had been studying trout, an integral but beleaguered species in the area. To educate their community and tourists about the fish's plight, students built a model trout stream, complete with signs describing the trout's life cycle. Their handiwork will now welcome and enlighten thousands of visitors each year...
...group was the brainchild of a weekend-long conference on labor issues, organized by Arin Dube, a visiting graduate student studying in the Department of Economics...
...that will make my life even more friction free, which is why the sudden proliferation of all manner of electric bikes and scooters thrills me (in a low-affect, let's-not-unduly-elevate-the-heart-rate kind of way). You've probably heard about the E-Bike, the brainchild of erstwhile Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca, which went on sale (for $995 and up) at car dealerships in warm-weather states two weeks ago. I'm certain Iacocca is on to something, but even if I lived in a warm-weather state, the thought of going to a car dealership...