Word: brainstormers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...middle of the conversation, the L.D.P. leader suddenly had a brainstorm. On a recent trip to Yugoslavia, he said, he made valuable contacts with Serb businessmen who could be of use to his district. His Serb friends could be persuaded to put up a mini-bakery or mini-dry-cleaning service in Shchelkovo. "What you need are little things which are of immediate use to the people," he explained. "A mini-bakery would bake excellent bread." He turned to his chief of staff, Gennadi Kazantsev, and said, "Put it all down...
...eight years, followers fruitlessly scoured the sect's treasure house and monastery in Rumtek, India, for clues; pressure mounted on the four high lamas acting as interim regents. Finally, a regent named Tai Situ had a brainstorm. For 13 years, he had worn a prayer amulet given to him by the late leader, which he had never opened. Now, he says, "it suddenly struck me, the message could be here!" And lo, it was; and conveniently specific too: the child would be found "to the north in the east of a land of snow ((Tibet))/ A country where divine thunder...
...respect" department: This past Tuesday night, Crimson reporters were scrambling around like chickens with their heads out off trying to scoop the other heavies in what was undoubtedly the biggest story of the year: this year's commencement speaker. While five Crimeeds furiously tried to brainstorm as to who the "crowd-pleasing women" could be (that was the only tip they could manage to get). FM sat watching this debacle for a good half-hour, chortling away in our private mirth before we called our imminently dependable (and totally hush-hush) source. Within minutes, FM found out that the speaker...
...brainstorm on Minnesota, and these are some of the images I would imagine. But I'd first think of the arctic winters, and with cold weather my thoughts instantly go inside...
...program has dispatched staff members around the country to conduct Silence of the Lambs-style interviews with jailed arsonists in the hope of understanding motives and patterns. The profilers reread the Fedbuster letter, stare at maps and grease boards on the wall, monitor the news and try to brainstorm: if one person were responsible for more than one California fire, what kind of person would...