Word: foundered
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...proletariat has been taught to hate and despise "kings" and "emperors," His Majesty was ambiguously referred to in the press, by order of the Soviet censor, as a "Padisha." Curiously enough, however, the verbal use of "Majesty" was not barred, because research had established that the late Nikolai Lenin, founder of the Soviet State, whose every act and word has become a sanctified example, once addressed to the "Padisha of Afghanistan" a letter which began, "Your Majesty...
Died. Edward Anthony Bradford, 76, founder of the Yale Record (funny), writer for the New York Times for 54 years; of heart disease; in Brooklyn...
...securing funds for good works are multifarious and strange. None, certainly, is more strange or ingenious than the dinner which will be given, in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Houston, Los Angeles, Manhattan, Milwaukee. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, on May 21, in honor of the Rev. Dr. Henry Pereira Mendes, Founder and Honorary President of the Union of Orthodox Congregations of America. At this dinner, carrying to an extreme the fad for inexpensive banqueting which has been previously evidenced, no food whatever will be served. The guests-10,000 will be invited-will nonetheless pay for their good dinner. The money...
Other chambers of commerce might indeed come clamoring for a Ritz in their town. Knowing the principles of the founder of the Ritz Hotels, well-informed observers were sure such demands would be snubbed promptly and with proper severity...
...founder of the Ritz Hotels did not choose that curious monosyllable by chance; Ritz was his last name; his first, splendidly enough, was César. The son of a Swiss farmer, his first skirmish among European hostelries occurred when he opened a restaurant in Baden-Baden, the Kurhaus. He boasted that he never forgot a face. But the éclat which attached itself to his restaurant requires a more complete explanation. César Ritz read faces as well as remembering them; he was an instinctive & selective snob, one of those likeable snobs whose hauteur is inherent...