Word: conceptive
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...Finally someone has taken the thermos concept out of the lunch box and into the dining room, with style. Bodum's new double-walled drinking glasses ($12 to $20 a pair at www.bodum.com) feature two layers of heat-resistant glass. Your drink is suspended in the inner layer, with a pocket of air in between to insulate sensitive fingers from hot espresso or, alternatively, prevent warm hands from melting ice cubes in soft drinks. An added benefit: condensation is contained in the inner wall, eliminating the need for coasters...
...avant-garde rappers approach abstraction for its own sake. When Mr. Lif and Insight, two Boston rappers still on the fringe of broad recognition, collaborated on the track “Iron Helix” on Lif’s “I, Phantom” concept album, they didn’t trade spars about each other’s virility or compare bling quotients...
...concept was a relevant one for the renewal of resources and preservation of society’s artifacts, but the exhibit was given neither the proper effort nor care. It was thrown together like so much trash...
Given his devotion to theater, it might seem surprising that Lithgow offers eloquent arguments against the concept of a theater concentration at the College. “I think that if there had been a concentration, I would have been tempted to do it, and I think I would have regretted it in hindsight,” he says, carefully choosing his words. “[Theater] was the most fun because it was so untutored, so unscrutinized—there was this feeling that we could do anything...
...concept was a relevant one for the renewal of resources and preservation of society’s artifacts, but the exhibit was given neither the proper effort nor care. It was thrown together like so much trash...