Word: defunction
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...yesterday’s brief, the University argued that even if it was liable for Shleifer and Hay’s investments, the now-defunct Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) still upheld the majority of its agreement to advise Russia...
GOLD RUSH. Since only a federally recognized tribe can open a casino, scores of groups--including long-defunct tribes and extended families--have flocked to the BIA or Congress seeking certification. Since 1979, as gambling has boomed, the number of recognized tribes on the U.S. mainland has spiked 23%, to a total of 337. About 200 additional groups have petitioned the bureau for recognition. Perhaps the most notorious example of tribal resurrection: the Mashantucket Pequots of Connecticut, proud owners of the world's largest casino, Foxwoods. The now billion-dollar tribe had ceased to exist until Congress re-created...
Ironically, Upstairs’ new building originally housed the Pi Eta theatrical and social group, the Pudding’s now-defunct archrivals...
...much to love - the glamour, the beauty, the clothes. And so much to hate - the glamour, the beauty, the clothes. It's not surprising that the industry teems with disgruntled staffers, many of whom hope one day to get their revenge. Wayne Hemingway, designer of the now- defunct cult label Red or Dead, gets his chance to diss the London fashion scene this month, when Britain's Channel 4 begins airing his series, Revolt in Fashion. Like most fashion documentaries, it tells us what we already knew: that the business is less about art than about money...
...improvements to the Fogg were placed on the back burner, while Harvard focused its energy on the now-defunct plans for a new museum and other building projects...