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...Vikings to 1770, and he had meant to prepare his lectures during the summer months, the opening of the College year found the Professor no further than the voyages of Columbus. Says he, "I kept just ahead of the class that year." From that time on the brainchild grew steadily. After a trip to Lisbon had established conclusively that Portuguese claims to prior discovery of the Americas had no basis in fact, Columbus' biographer set to work. "My profession is history; my avocation is sailing. I combined them." On more than four occasions since 1937, and with kindred spirits...
Currently playing in an extended run through Sunday is Roberto Zucco, the brainchild of director Ben D. Margo ’03 -’04. Based on a British translation of French playwright Bernard-Marie Koltes’ final work, Zucco tells the story of its titular serial killer who murders, burgles and rapes apparently without motive. John C. Dewis stars as the enigmatic Zucco, alongside Sara L. Bartel ’06 in the female lead role of Girl...
Corlette also presented the newest “brainchild of Larry Summers” to improve the Cambridge community—an academic enrichment program for low-income Boston and Cambridge students, complete with a stipend so that they can study over the summer instead of work...
Bows and Arrows surpasses the Walkmen’s stellar debut, the intermittently charming and haunting Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone—and that’s saying a lot. Equal parts lilting lullaby and drunken caterwaul, Bows and Arrows sounds like the demented brainchild of a beer-spattered New York hustler with only his inflated sense of self-importance for company. But through each bout of sonic schizophrenia, the Walkmen’s intent and delivery shine clear: each arrow reaches its target with the precision of a Tolkien elf to create gorgeously ethereal, emotionally...
...hard to say how a fashion phenomenon starts, when an item crosses the line from cute new idea to "it" item. But in the case of C&C California--the brainchild of thirtysomething principals Claire Stansfield and Cheyann Benedict--a few lucky breaks have catapulted the company's line of electric-colored slouchy T shirts into the must-have category. One of them was an endorsement in the fashion press from waifish style icon Sofia Coppola. Another was the starring role in a Visa small-business commercial. But the real coup was a prime slot on one of Oprah...