Word: foundered
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Named in homage to the 17th century French King after a royal decanter from his reign was dug up more than two centuries later at the site of a nearby battle, Louis XIII was first produced in 1874 by Paul-Emile Rémy Martin, the founder's great-great grandson. Standing in a Domaine du Grollet cellar, dank with the heady aroma of the tierçons and the cognac, I hold a tulip glass of Louis XIII and prepare myself for this rare tasting opportunity. "Don't merely take a first sip," Géré tells...
...Jewish Museum in New York City and across the Hudson at the Newark Museum. That final leg was a severely reduced and somewhat censored version of the L.A. spectacle, which showcased some 900 works assembled by John Carlin, a MOCA curator, with the help of Brian Walker, founder of another MOCA, the Museum of Cartoon Art, and son of Mort Walker, the creator of Beetle Bailey and Hi and Lois. Carlin and Walker focused on 15 artists, from the early 20th century to today, who both devised their own visual-narrative languages and did so with distinctive graphic grace...
...declined TIME's request for an interview) is getting Yahoo! to decide what it wants to be when it grows up. "There's always been some ambiguity about whether it's a tech company or a media company," says Stewart Butterfield, Yahoo!'s director of product management and co-founder of the photo site Flickr, which Yahoo! acquired in March 2005. "But there's been a shift in the internal messaging. I never hear execs refer to Yahoo! as a media company. A year and a half ago, there wasn't a satisfying articulation of what the mission...
...question about Gavin Newsom has always been 'Is this guy ready for prime time?'" says Chris Nolan, editor and founder of Spot-On.com, an independent political website. She adds: "Having gotten himself to the national stage as something of daredevil with the same-sex marriage platform - is he able to stay there and maintain a public persona that gives depth to that? I think that his behavior answers that question in the negative...
...Canadian universities on their environmental sustainability practices, examining both endowment and campus initiatives. Dartmouth College, Stanford University, and Williams College also averaged an A-, the highest average awarded. “The goal of the report is to spark discussions,” said Mark Orlowski, who is the founder and executive director of the institute. “It’s a way to measure current activity and encourage and create opportunities for innovations.” Orlowski also said the study findings indicate that endowment size has nothing to do with sustainability. “Most...