Word: foundered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...means, however, is the dynastic impulse a purely American phenomenon. In Indonesia, Megawati Sukarnoputri led her party to victory in the recent elections. She came out of nowhere. She has no political experience. And her political views are almost unknown. No matter--she is the daughter of Sukarno, founder of the Indonesian state...
Though this "diagnosis" alone sheds virtually no fresh light on the subject, Smith--author of bios of CBS founder William Paley and international socialite Pamela Harriman--amply and sympathetially documents Diana's precarious mental state and her need for sustained professional help, a need that could never have been met while she remained within the netherworlds of Buckingham Palace and celebrity hangers...
...kinds of initiatives are springing up all over the country," says Ann Coles, executive director of the Higher Education Information Center and founder of Kids to College, a program that each year gives 2,000 Massachusetts grade school youngsters a chance to learn about and see colleges. In 1991, when Kids to College began, there were about 20 such programs in the country. Today, she says, there are more than 1,000, including ones sponsored by Exxon...
...theaters has a better shot at the big screen now that it's armed with the resources to create a blockbuster of a different flavor. The savvy directors of The Blair Witch Project are pioneers in what is destined to be a new era in film. ADRIEN GLOVER, CO-FOUNDER Undergroundfilm.com New York City...
Moses Ma, founder of BusinessBots, based in San Francisco, which is developing smart software for e-markets, says B2B resembles the California Gold Rush. During the Gold Rush, the only ones assured of making money were the obscure shopkeepers who sold the prospectors their shovels, clothes, pots and pans. In the case of B2B, it's companies like Tradex Technologies, Extricity Software Inc. and BusinessBots. They sell the glue (in the form of hardware, software and services) that links individual businesses to their suppliers, customers, partners and distributors. "The true value in B2B is when...