Word: foundered
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...chief architect of one of the world's largest, most influential news enterprises, TIME's co-founder and editor Henry R. Luce (1898-1967) was profoundly aware of the astonishing growth and power of the U.S. press in the 20th century. In 1947 he said, "Today nearly every American's mind-and soul-is directly and daily affected by the press." Luce believed that journalism had a dual purpose: "A service first ... of news and comment on public affairs. And second, a service of culture, a service of food for the imagination and the feelings and sensitivities...
Researchers speculate the woman's reaction was caused by a natural toxin called atropine. Harmless traces of the substance had gotten into some packages of the tea in a still unknown way. At first Celestial's founder and chairman, Mo Siegel, 34, talked vaguely of "supply problems," but last week he gave a detailed explanation of the incident. Said one investment banker: "A lot of people would not have said anything. His decision was very ethical...
Ruby had been associated with union activities since his Chicago adolescence, when he had been secretary of the Scrap Iron and Junk Handlers Union. He was interrogated but released when the union's founder was discovered murdered. The union ended up in the hands of Hoffa ally Paul Dorfman...
DIED. Mordecai Kaplan, 102, founder of the Jewish Reconstructionist movement, which sees Judaism as an evolving civilization and not just as a religion; in New York City. A professor at Manhattan's Jewish Theological Seminary (1909-63), Kaplan was Orthodox by upbringing, but came to believe that Judaism is a synthesis of religion, race and culture. The practical effect of this view was to see the synagogue as a center for Jewish communal life that stressed the humanistic rather than the solely religious aspects of heritage. Kaplan's ideas were viewed as a divisive force by many Orthodox...
Last year, less than 4000 fans in 21 cities tuned into The Game, says Thomas Stemberg '71, the network's founder...