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The light combat aircraft meant to replace it was conceived of in 1981, first flew in 2001 and, even now, decades later, only two squadrons are operational.

But as in “Reservation Dogs,” plot is secondary to character, which in major and minor roles has been beautifully conceived and executed.

He began the presentation with an explanation of how the CPB was conceived “as a means for the federal government to wield the power of television for the enrichment of all Americans.”

John Adams, the nation’s first vice president, declared the position to be “the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived, or his imagination conceived.”

Whoever came up with the saying about reading a person by looking at their shoes did not conceive of barefoot tech billionaires.