wunderkind

• “Mr. Henry's first move was to fire Dan Duquette as general manager and later on bring in wunderkind Theo Epstein.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Liverpool Fans, Meet John Henry

• “More to the point this market often seems a lot more dynamic, a lot more exciting, and a lot more relevant than some uptown gallery full of middle-class bores clinking champagne glasses and droning on about how jejune the latest wunderkind is really, darling, just sooo trite, really, overhyped.”

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• “According to Montague, Maughn never referred to the wunderkind by name, just as “a young Negro ballplayer … with a great arm.””

  Simon & Schuster: WILLIE MAYS

• “Viewing all he was able to achieve, the term "wunderkind" feels like an inadequate description of the man.”

  The Huffington Post: John Farr: R.W. Fassbinder, Twisted Genius

• “Dishonorable Mention: Former wunderkind and current wunderkind (if you define "wunderkind" as a megalomaniacal tool who's inexplicably been allowed to run a television network into the ground with zero accountability) Jeff Zucker and Ben Silverman, respectively.”

  The Huffington Post: One Last Look Back: The 10 Most Ridiculous, Shameful, or Generally Unfortunate People and Events of 2008

• “Among Mr. Barkan's ideas was the pairing of pianist Eldar, a "wunderkind" at 22 years old, and guitarist Pat Martino, a "grand master of jazz guitar" at 66.”

  The Wall Street Journal: At Dizzy's, the Future of Jazz Is Being Written

• “Dishonorable Mention: Former wunderkind and current wunderkind if you define "wunderkind" as a megalomaniacal tool who's inexplicably been allowed to run a television network into the ground with zero accountability Jeff Zucker and Ben Silverman, respectively.”

  The Huffington Post: Chez Pazienza: One Last Look Back: The 10 Most Ridiculous, Shameful, or Generally Unfortunate People and Events of 2008

• “Instead, it is, in all seriousness, a Web-streamed ad for a new book by three very ambitious Republican congressmen, Kevin McCarthy of California, Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Eric Cantor, the House minority whip and "wunderkind" from Henrico County.”

  The Washington Post: 'Young Gun' Cantor -- Main Street Republican

• “I'm sure that Unca Dick and Dumbya couldn't have been prouder, after they made DAMNED SURE that their "wunderkind," prodigy-boy, damned near the progeny of their own twisted loins, PIYUSH JINDHAL, was FINALLY able to be "elected" (much as yer boy Dumbya was "elected" in 2000, by the Corporate Supreme Court) to the Gubner's Office!”

  Your Right Hand Thief

• “Ken Bruen's Galway have a decent team this year, with some kind of a 'wunderkind' Joe Canning leading their attack”

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