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Even so, the following scenario has been confirmed by sources in the U.S. who have been close to the negotiations. The plan for the airlift, they say, was Peres' brainchild. When Bronfman visited the Soviet Union in September, he reportedly carried with him personal messages from Peres. One source with knowledge of the Bronfman visit insists that the communications indicated that if the Soviet Union were to release a significant number of Jews and renew diplomatic relations with Israel, it could perhaps have a larger role in Middle East peace negotiations. If the Soviets delivered the Syrians to the conference...
...transcultural exchange was the brainchild of Rosie C. Rios...
...break is the brainchild of the executive producer of NBC Sports, Michael Weisman, who "thought it would just be nice if everybody could kind of take an intermission." Advertisers applaud the idea, he claims, because viewers will more likely stay put for the commercials. And since the minute will come out of program time, not commercial time, NBC will forfeit no ad revenue ($400,000 per minute on the pregame show; a record $1.1 million per minute during the game). Nor is Weisman concerned about shortchanging viewers. "The universal criticism of Super Bowl pregame shows is that they...
Forest of Bliss, a portrait of the holy Hindu city of Benares, India, is the brainchild of Harvard film professor Robert Gardner, considered by many to be the most important anthropological filmmakers of our time. The documentary has no subtitles, no musical soundtrack, no voice-over commentary--only the insistent din of a city at work, a city whose main function concerns the burial of the dead...
...forward pass was the brainchild of Walter Camp, the great Yale football figure. In the era of the ten-man line and the flying wedge, Camp wanted to open up the game...