Word: progenitor
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...mainly international talent. The most impressive bill belongs to the inaugural Rock Odyssey (www.udo.co.jp/odyssey). Held simultaneously from July 24-25 at the Yokohama Arena and Osaka Dome, the show features Aerosmith, the Who, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Lenny Kravitz. Following hot on its heels is the progenitor of Japan's alternative-music festival scene, the Fuji Rock Festival (fujirockfestival.com), from July 30-Aug. 1. This year, it will showcase nearly a hundred acts, among them Lou Reed, the Pixies, the White Stripes, Courtney Love and Franz Ferdinand. Pitched at a slightly younger audience is the two-day Summer...
Bruckheimer's first few attempts at television were disastrous. Dangerous Minds (1996) made the classic mistake of trying too hard to mimic its film progenitor, and Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1997) finally overestimated America's interest in killing foreigners. Then he hired Jonathan Littman, the Fox executive who oversaw The X-Files and Beverly Hills, 90210, to run his TV company and instructed him to develop a show about a crime-scene-investigation lab. "We basically said we wanted to make Quincy for people who don't need an oxygen mask," Littman says. "We go into the body, making...
...pulp was still attached. That gave him an idea, and the next time she lost a tooth, he placed it in a liquid used to culture cells. Back at the lab, he extracted the pulp and found that it contained a number of stem cells, those special progenitor cells that can be used to replenish various types of tissue. (He also gave Julia back her tooth...
...works will become Target's first children's designer brand. And as with the store's popular home products designed by Michael Graves and Todd Oldham, Target will be heavily promoting the signature style of the creator of the merchandise. The aim is for Kirk to become the progenitor of a "children's lifestyle brand." Think Martha Stewart for toddlers...
...these trying times, Harvard University, long a progenitor of leaders of our nation and the world, should be doing all that it can today to cultivate the men and women who will shape the world of tomorrow. While undoubtedly well-intentioned, the University’s desire to support the full and equal rights of homosexuals need not—and must not—preclude its unequivocal support of ROTC on our campus...