Word: pioneer
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
DIED. KAREL REISZ, 76, Czech-born pioneer of the 1960s British New Wave, whose influential films of the period included Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and Morgan!; of a blood disorder; in London. He also directed the Oscar-nominated film adaptation of John Fowles' novel The French Lieutenant's Woman...
...pioneer who helped Harvard University and other institutions make gigantic strides to democratizing access to Ivies and similar institutions,” said Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitzsimmons...
...Smaller hotels helped pioneer the idea. Jules' Undersea Lodge opened 16 years ago, when its owners decided to convert a former oceanic-research laboratory into a cozy two-bedroom hotel with a common living area. The rooms are small, but there's air conditioning, a VCR, a microwave and a mini-fridge. Air and power are supplied by cable, scuba courses are offered to all guests, and room service is delivered from the surface, 6.5 m above, in a "dry box." But the prime attraction is the meter-wide windows that give guests a unique view of the wildlife swimming...
Smaller hotels helped pioneer the idea. Jules' Undersea Lodge opened 16 years ago, when its owners decided to convert a former oceanic-research laboratory into a cozy two-bedroom hotel with a common living area. The rooms are small, but there's air conditioning, a VCR, a microwave and a mini-fridge. Air and power are supplied by cable, scuba courses are offered to all guests, and room service is delivered from the surface, 21 ft. above, in a "dry box." But the prime attraction is the 42-in. windows that give guests a unique view of the wildlife swimming...
...DIED. ALEXANDRE DE MERODE, 68, head of the International Olympic Committee's medical commission; in Brussels. A pioneer in the fight against performance enhancing drugs, de Merode spent his 35-year career trying to outwit cheating athletes, and was embroiled in several doping controversies. At the 1988 Seoul Olympics, his committee stripped Canadian athlete Ben Johnson of his 100-meter gold medal after the sprinter tested positive for steroids...