The brainchild behind

[Joel S. Berson]

At 5/6/2013 01:57 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>...
>My only emendation to that discussion is that I'd nominate "brains
>(behind)" as the causal link rather than "brain" or "mastermind"
>(even though the semantics would be basically the same).  Of course
>you can also have "the brains of the operation", but "the brains
>behind the operation" is not uncommon either.

As with every successful man, in whatever endeavor, "the brains
behind the operation" is the hand that rules the world.

Joel

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