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...creativity?that of the lone genius. Ideas don't magically appear in a genius' head from nowhere. They always build on what came before. And collaboration is key. Look at what others in your field are doing. Brainstorm with people in different fields. Research and anecdotal evidence suggest that distant analogies lead to new ideas?like when a heart surgeon bounces things off an architect or a graphic designer...
...located and studied the motel until an hour ago, when he rented a room for $8.50 per week in Bessie Brewer's flophouse next door to Fire Station Number 2. With the seven-power Bushnells, he could read room numbers on the motel doors 70 yards distant, and the same strength on his Redfield scope would make human figures seem only 30 ft. away. The scope was mounted on a .30-06 Remington Gamemaster, which was engineered so that its 150-grain slug would lose less than .01 inch in altitude and reach the motel balcony with 2,370 pounds...
...semester winds down and students worry about their final papers, the war in Iraq may seem like a distant concern. But for Second Lieutenant George Morris ’04, whose leg was injured a few weeks ago while serving a tour of duty in Iraq, the war is a daily reality.Morris, who was a member of the Reserve Officer Training Corps as an undergraduate in Cabot House, arrived in Iraq in late September and led an infantry platoon of about 30 soldiers that patrolled the streets looking for bombs and suspicious activity.Two weeks ago, during a routine...
...become head of the Wakefield Rails-to-Trails Committee. Mark A. Shepard ’08, chairman and treasurer of the RSEP, praised Scott’s apparent straightforwardness. “It impressed me how forthright he was with us. He wasn’t just a distant Washington Senator,” Shepard said. Carmen Lara ’09 praised Scott’s policy knowledge. “He’s very well informed, very well prepared,” she said. But Christopher B. Lacaria ’09 said that unseating a popular...
Jones went to the UC meeting the next day ready to rouse his fellow UC members to fight for their constituents, who were clearly being marginalized and abused by the distant individuals in University Hall...