Hard as I try, I can only conjure up two words to describe the decision on the part of Susan G.

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Whenever I try to conjure up what innovation looks like, the same slideshow of images clicks across my mind: that photo of Einstein with his tongue sticking out, Edison with his light bulb, Steve Jobs onstage in his black turtleneck, introducing the latest iThing.

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Despite all the fancy policies our Westminster politicians conjure up (I could replace Westminster easily with Washington) I see monetary policy as the key.

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"This is the most magical world I've been asked to conjure up, " says Long, whose 60-plus show credits include costumes for "Chicago, " ''Hairspray" and "The Boy From Oz.

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The bass clarinets conjure up bubbling, vomiting goop, and I've found that asking the musicians to "vomit" up their parts elicits the perfect interpretive results.

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And while I loved "Venus in Fur, " I'd also like to see what miracles of the imagination Mr. Ives would conjure up were a fearlessly deep-pocketed producer to place a cast of 25 at his disposal.

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