Word: foundered
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...three 13th hole of the Cliffs at Glassy and staring out for a hundred miles. Woods has a similar mountaintop meadow in which to carve his vision. At 4,000 ft., this nearly mile-high club will be built for walking, emphasizing the wellness mantra that Cliffs Communities founder Jim Anthony says defines the communities there. The properties border the Pisgah National Forest and other protected areas that promise a lifetime of trails and wilderness for the outdoorsy...
Roger Barrett, founder of the Beijing-based Korea Business Consultants and one of the few Westerners to regularly do business in Pyongyang, says the North seems eager to court new investment. "The D.P.R.K. government is very keen to demonstrate that joint ventures are welcomed," he says. Barrett, who has been facilitating business deals in the North for more than a decade, compares the country's current condition to that of South Korea's before it emerged from military rule to become one of the world's export powerhouses. "You start to see how North Korea can move along in similar...
Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, owner of the Portland Trail Blazers and the Seattle Seahawks, and one of the developers of the first private spacecraft, has never lacked for ways to stay busy, but in 2001 he joined with the University of California, Berkeley, and the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute to install a set of 42 dish antennas in Hat Creek, Calif. The so-called Allen Telescope Array (ATA), which was scheduled to go live on Oct. 11, does what conventional radio telescopes do. That is to say, it listens to the faint whisper of radio signals from...
...party. With that in mind, they cite not only Romney's strong family values and faithful recitation of the conservative gospel - no new taxes, no gay marriage, no abortion. But also, in an appeal to the business and technocrat wings of the party, they point to his record as founder and CEO of Bain Capital, his management of the Salt Lake City Olympics and track record as a turnaround artist. "That kind of experience," DeMoss wrote, "convinces me Mitt Romney could lead, manage and govern America during a critical time in world history...
...08—were already participating in a growing comedic presence on Harvard’s campus. Greenbaum, a magician by trade who was later bitten by the stand-up bug, performed at Harvard’s Demon ComedyFest his freshman year. Greenbaum returned his sophomore year, where co-founder Ingber entertained viewers with comedy songs strummed on his guitar. “I thought his stuff was unbelievable,” Greenbaum says of Ingber’s act. The two talked afterward. “Why do we have to wait one year to do a stand...