Word: brainstorm
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ross's masterpiece was Pinehurst, which he laboriously molded out of the sand hills of North Carolina by using mule-drawn drag-pans. Overnight. Pinehurst became the mecca of American golf. The idea of building a resort at Pinehurst was the brainstorm of another Bostonian, the soda-fountain magnate James W. Tufts. On Monday, April 10, the Harvard golfers open the new season with a dual match against Tufts and Amherst
What is really needed is a united student organization to poll student opinion, to research and brainstorm, to lobby and to provide a base for action when the student body believes it has been wronged. A student government association would do this--and much more...
Many associates are frankly at a loss where to place Miller. At the Boston Federal Reserve Bank, where Miller is a director, staff members last week held a meeting to brainstorm what he might do at the Fed. Says one who attended: "None of us was able to categorize Miller. Some thought he would encourage investment spending and support tax incentives to encourage productivity, but we are not sure how aggressive he will...
...credit cards.) So he goes to Logan Airport, gets on the four o'clock shuttle, and sits down (you've got to sit on the shuttle--no standees). The stewardess eventually comes down the aisle, taking cash, checks, and credit cards from everybody. S. has a brainstorm. He gives the stewardess his Bursars card, and says, "Charge it." (Do you think I'm making this up? Well, I'm not.) "Charge it,'; he says. So what does the stewardess do? (Answer later...
...whole idea seems a pretty feeble brainstorm," he said...