Word: foundered
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...yesterday afternoon, the Harvard Facebook network was one of a handful of other Ivies with access to the service. Students at University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Cornell, Princeton, and Columbia said they did not have access to the service from former Harvard undergraduate and Facebook founder Mark E. Zuckerberg. But several Harvard students said they were generally unimpressed with the new feature. “I don’t like it, but I’m not a big fan of chatting,” Alexandra M. Wilcox ’11 said. “Google ripped...
...event would pique students’ interest in an under-appreciated resource. “Lots of people had told me that they needed a ‘reason’ to come to a museum,” said Paris A. Spies-Gans ’09, the founder and former president of OUR HUAM. “Events like Night At The Fogg provided the reason. They realized that it wasn’t an intimidating place...and they continued to come,” Spies-Gans said. The Fogg and the attached Busch-Reisinger Museum will...
...down her policies, says political analyst Swapan Dasgupta, "because she has this arbitrary style." Since taking over in Uttar Pradesh again, Mayawati, who has called herself a "living goddess," has ordered half a dozen statues of herself and is building a $100 million park to commemorate BSP founder Kanshi Ram. She also wants to spend billions of dollars on a highway running beside the Ganges and has plans for a shopping mall next to the Taj Mahal. Such huge projects appeal to her supporters not only because they provide thousands of jobs but because, like her birthday parties, they project...
...Boston, for example, not only has fireplaces in many of its rooms but also has a fireplace butler who helps guests customize the aroma and effects of their fire with woods that they choose from a menu. "It is a sign of the times," says Sara-ann Kasner, founder of the National Concierge Association. "Everyone wants to be pampered. What used to be a fun amenity for the wealthy has become a trend for average clientele...
From his voice, you’d never guess he’s a pirate. He speaks in a mild tone and chooses his words with care. But Captain Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and a radical environmentalist, freely admits to sinking at least 10 whaling boats in port, and attacking dozens more on the high seas in his lifelong quest to save whales, seals, and other precious creatures...