The conference heard claims that old-fashioned sexism has not gone away, but has been re-invented into something that appears to be "ironic or empowering".
Imaginary Barack was invented in Hawaii, sneaked into the Oval Office, and has no legitimate claim on the presidency.
Popular tastes have changed the standard manhattan, invented in the late 19th century, into a bourbon drink, most bartenders agree, with sweet vermouth and a maraschino cherry or twist of lemon.
Putting extra chemicals invented in a lab into your body is always dangerous.
Lycra, invented in 1958 and woven into gym gear and clingy skirts, was a multibillion seller by the 1990s.
Products using Lycra, invented in 1958 and woven into gym gear and skirts, were multibillion sellers by the 1990s.
"My current challenge is to figure out how to integrate the sound of an invented instrument into a conventional orchestra," Mr. Dresher said.
Finally, our mobiles phones were placed – with a reverence to be expected of the country that invented Nokia – into waterproof pouches that hung round our necks.
Interspersed among these vignettes are the spirit's commentary upon them, and, at the story's close, the acknowledgment that "I'm only some kind of answer -- invented, dreamed into being?
To begin with, it's about American Indians, who ever since Sacheen Littlefeather declined Marlon Brando's Oscar in 1973 have scared the chutzpah out of Hollywood, forcing the showoffs who invented westerns into defensive crouches and sorry offerings that look more like cut-and-paste Sunday school atonement projects than filmmaking.
