While Gabito made lunch, I sat at a table in the upstairs kitchen as parents filed up, one by one, to share their stories. They each wore a T-shirt with a picture of their deceased child framed by name and the
a project that was scheduled to be completed within four years with a budget of AUS $7 million ended up taking fourteen years to complete at a cost of AUS $102 million. The project was not only mismanaged financially but also managed irresponsibly as a whole. ...
The foundation of this unparalleled success was the world's first mass-produced car: the cheap, simple Model T, whose lovable quirkiness was matched only by that of its creator, company founder Henry Ford. Henry's decision to abandon his treasured "Tin Lizzie" after 19 years and a staggerin...
A possible signaling role of this phenomenon was marked by S. Kandarian [25]. However, only in recent years has it been found that an excess of calcium ions not only contributes to the activation of proteolytic enzymes (for review see [26]) and the regulation of expr...
“Our success was made in Italy; we have to give back. You can’t forget social responsibility,” he says. A few years ago, Della Valle fondly recalled his first trip to the Colosseum, to a reporter from The Wall Street Journal. He was 11 years old, in a school bus packed with ...
By: the Auto Editors of Consumer Guide By the time this 1931 Chevrolet station wagon was introduced, Chevy was GM's largest volume division. William C. Durant founded General Motors in 1908 but was ousted two years later, so he formed Chevrolet in 1911, intending to make it a powerful...
Developed byLukeRomero, theLearnCajun apphas continued to be tweaked over the past couple of years and now contains over twice as many Cajun words and phrases since its initial release. Fromapple.com- "In an effort to keep the Cajun language alive, we've recorded family members, friends, ...
LOOK: Things from the year you were born that don't exist anymore The iconic (and at times silly) toys, technologies, and electronics have been usurped since their grand entrance, either by advances in technology or breakthroughs in common sense.See how many things on this listtrigger childhoo...
Just think of the Ford Edsel: at a time when Americans were looking to buy smaller, more efficient cars, Ford released a gas guzzler thatlost them $350 millionin the three years it was being produced. Hopefully, you’ll never have such a costly flop. But what can you do to make sure...
The Parker Vacumatic fountain pen was the best-selling writing implement of its time, with features that took five years and more than $125,000 to develop. All-metal filler units, jewel and tassle rings at the ends of the barrels, a remarkably advanced filling system, and two-tone nibs de...