Word: wunderkinds
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...simply upon recollection. And what was more, he even knew how by sheer imagination to arrange new combinations of them, to the point where he created odors that did not exist in the real world." This talent has at least one major flaw: "The creative activity of Grenouille the wunderkind took place only inside him and could be perceived by no one other than himself...
...driving this thing? More than anybody else it's a manic, shaven-headed character named J Allard. (Yes, it's just the one letter.) In 1993, as a 25-year-old wunderkind Microsoftie, Allard wrote an 11-page memo that almost single-handedly persuaded Gates that maybe personal computers should be able to connect to something known as the Internet. Now a 36-year- old V.P., Allard is one of the few people who can get the Microsoft juggernaut to change direction; he's known as one of the "Baby Bills," the company's young up-and-comers, and Gates...
...toes in the process. His untucked shirts and mismatched socks cast him as something of a Washington outlaw who wasn’t afraid to question his superiors or stir up a little controversy. Early in his political career, Summers had been hailed as a proud wunderkind with admirable ambition. But it wasn’t long before proud seemed more like pompous, and ambition more like arrogance...
...strangest releases this year came from guilt-drenched indie wunderkind Will Oldham, a man noted for his reluctance to pin down one poetic persona in his career. April saw the release of Bonnie “Prince” Billy Performs Greatest Palace Music, on which Oldham as B“P”B covered his own alternative persona as one of the Palace Brothers. The album was a sine qua non for any of Oldham’s fervent and widespread followers and showed just how potent and productive a force schizophrenia can be on rock music...
Thile, the one-time teenage wunderkind mandolinist and current driving force behind progressive pop-newgrass group Nickel Creek, is almost certainly the most virtuosic mandolinist in the entire modern American roots scene, earning comparisons to David Grisman and other similarly luminary pickers. Especially on Not All Who Wander Are Lost, Thile’s 2001 solo album made with the help of such respected musicians as Bela Fleck and Jerry Douglas, listeners were captivated by the mesmeric and natural quality of the tracks. However, Thile’s greatest strength—his mandolin chops—are far less...