A deep-fried soft-shell crab appetizer was equally well conceived, cut in half and skewered to stand vertically on spinach with fresh orange, chilies and a citrus vinaigrette.
But revivalism, well conceived, can result in showings like Dolce & Gabbana's, which paired natty suit jackets in jacquard wools, gigolo velvets, subtle tweeds and fur-front sweater jackets of Marcello Mastroianni vintage with the low-slung baggy trousers adapted from the hip-hop scene.
Perhaps the best defence for such a disaster is to have a contingency plan in place, to have well conceived and developed plans well known in advance and rehearsed, in order to limit the damage a natural disaster like SARS can unleash.
The arrangements weren't as well conceived as they were in Ms. Souza's band -- does a standard-issue jazz group really need two guitar players?
"The fiscal stimulus that the administration worked with Congress to create was not only bold but well conceived," Ms. Romer said in a speech to the Economic Club of Washington.
This was evident in Welsh's last novel, Filth, where the voice of the diabolical Detective Sergeant Robinson was so well conceived and sustained that participation in his horrific consciousness came to seem like fun.
In this collection, well conceived by the director Michael Kahn, who originated the show with the Shakespeare Theatre, in Washington, where he is the artistic director, the plays are not first-rate but finger exercises, which nonetheless have a powerful appeal.
That $2 million invested in FoodCorps - well conceived, raised with the best possible nonprofit intentions, and ultimately well spent (a bargain!) - was starkly contrasted last week with the $30 million that a new group of corporate farmers and ranchers intend to spend to promote the idea that they're "committed to providing healthy choices".
There is no match in L.A. for the well conceived artistic reach and excellence of the Actors' Gang.
