wonder child

“We grossly underestimated the political complexity of that in a state where Google is the homegrown wonder child that has a lot of influence and is very close to the governor.”

No wonder children who have never had unstructured play and never had to negotiate their disputes with one another flinch in bewilderment from the open society of a well-run campus.

Clay Buchholz once was a wonder child too, so wondrous that he threw a no-hitter in his second major league start.

Mr. Chandler’s story is also part of a certain New York myth: that of the fallen wonder child.

No wonder children can’t learn, the school organization is not well spoken.