Word: conceptive
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...place was hiring enough women. The simple presence of the Government gumshoe made a number of customers wonder if something else was wrong with the bank. A frustrated university president told Cannon that he needed federal money but the restrictions now placed on its use violated the whole concept of excellence...
...from the Pilbara region. Howroyd's next projects may be in the very places where he found his original inspiration. Government agencies in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Iran, seeking better ways to plan their new desert cities, want the Australian architect to re-establish in their lands the concept of a protective town with narrow streets, people in constant contact and no cars...
...Finally," says Michael Skinner, young (40), bustling managing director of J. Dege & Sons (est. 1865), "we realized that we had to change our ogre image and our whole concept of marketing. We had to be more forthcoming, with clothes that would sell themselves." The result has been perhaps the greatest turnaround in English tailoring since Beau Brummell first sported trousers instead of breeches. At a spring fashion show-the first in its history-the 200-member Federation of Merchant Tailors presented a new London look called "the Delta line." The collection consists of nearly 40 models for town, country, leisure...
...major justification for expensive athletic programs, in which I am engaged, is that they mix people through the common bond of a single pursuit, thus contributing markedly to exposure. The same concept applies to all extra-curricular activities. Should we have "Sophomore teams" as well as Freshman teams? The justification for Freshman teams is that they give opportunity to those not potentially good enough for the Varsity to get the fun and benefits of a team experience. After that there is the Junior Varsity--mixing three classes...
Moulton said the plant's "total energy concept" of providing all energy needs from one central plan equipped with back-up generators and the ability of the affected institutions "to borrow money at a better rate than Boston Edison," will make the power plant "much less expensive" and more reliable than employing Boston Edison...