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Popular elections, far from being Hyman's brainchild, were actually approved last spring before Hyman's tenure as the result of a massive effort on the part of virtually the whole council to make themselves more open and representative...
Interaction is a buzzword at Cybersmith. Marshall Smith, the store's founder and the man behind Booksmith, Videosmith and Learningsmith, originally wanted to call his newest brainchild "Interactivity-smith," until his son talked him out of it, employees...
Such a sterile newspaper setup is probably the brainchild of some business school students who this weekend thoroughly enjoyed the "butter-flavored topping" on their large popcorn (it's the best buy) at the Ace Ventura sequel. These M.B.A.'s are getting better and better at increasing corporations' profits. Though the average Joe might think Gannett and Knight-Ridder are deep in the hole from such a loss, $100 million over four or so years just isn't that much money--especially when we consider the national implications of holding firm...
...sweetness she personified so memorably in Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music. A musical about transvestites and mobsters, set in gay Paree, might seem quite a departure. But in the end there's something excessively sweet--something earnestly preachy and smug--in Victor/Victoria's pleas for tolerance. Edwards' brainchild may flirt with naughtiness, but it really wants to be nice, which gives Andrews a chance again to play Julie Andrews. For Mary Poppins has always known how to treat naughty-but-nice children: be gentle, but make it clear you're a no-nonsense type. Show them a firm...
...should be remembered that Yasser Arafat was catapulted into the international spotlight even before the advent of his brainchild, the "Intifada." Scarcely five years after the adoption of the Camp David Accords, the first honest effort at Middle East peace, this terrorist-turned-Harvard lecturer was coordinating the most effective, bloody exercises in civilian warfare since the end of the Second World...