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".
That's because the series, evocatively set in post-Katrina New Orleans, is so well conceived (David Simon and Eric Overmyer) with syncopated story lines focused on appealing characters, and the assurance that cherished memories of that port city's special place in American life with its music, food, unique language and sensibility have not washed away when those levees broke.
Starters included fried wontons stuffed with eggplant, well conceived and executed, with a bean salad, an odd but good pairing; and a duck confit and potato salad with a slew of herbs that was a knockout.
Under this logic, the ghetto family that was talked into taking out a subprime loan shares the blame with multi-million dollar marketing operations and investment banks with a well conceived schemes for transferring wealth from the poorest among us to the richest institutions.
Until then, Lheureux and colleagues [ 1] have done us a considerable service with this well conceived and thoroughly researched review.
It was well conceived for prosperity and for a president with an eye for constituent service, but without great moral authority to urge sacrifice.
I like a wine list that's well conceived but not exhaustive, challenging but concise; familiar but with a bit of the unknown blended in; a good short story, not an encyclopedia.
Our entrees were consistently well conceived and well executed, from a 16-ounce strip steak with fingerling potatoes and port shallot purée to a thick grilled pork chop with roasted apples and brussels sprouts.
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.
"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.
