Sentences with phrase «it's named after»

To that end, Blue Ant — named after a fictional marketing company in a William Gibson novel — is in the midst of a two - year buying spree that began with the acquisition of GlassBox TV, the venture - capital - backed firm that first caught MacMillan's eye back in 2011.
Cottonwood Heights, Utah - based Cotopaxi — named after a volcano in Ecuador that Davis frequented as a child growing up in South America — is an outdoor gear and apparel retailer that donates 10 percent of all profits to charitable causes in the developing world.
Quicken's meeting rooms are designed and named after shops within the original Higbee's.
Louis Arthur Charles, you were named after three of the bravest Weasleys — or you know, Lord Louis Mountbatten, King Arthur, and Prince Charles, but who's counting?
Named after the 13th constitutional amendment, which abolished slavery except as «punishment for crime,» the doc uses archival footage and expert commentary to make the case that slavery hasn't disappeared from the U.S. — it's evolved into our modern system of mass incarceration, one in which many prisons are run by for - profit companies and prisoners can be paid a pittance to work for corporations.
Whatever your reasoning, you're likely contemplating a choice that many entrepreneurs face: Should your enterprise be structured as a limited liability corporation (LLC) or an S corporation (S corp), which is named after subsection S of Chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code?
In the startup world, the odds of a company achieving a valuation of $ 1 billion or more is considered so slim, it's named after a mythical beast — the unicorn.
Her company Alex and Ani, named after her two eldest daughters, doesn't only sell bangles and charms.
The Virginia Beach, Va. - based organization, named after an ancient Chinese poem about healing, offers free, on - demand listening services for anyone who needs to simply be heard or vent.
These «crumple zones,» inspired by and named after the parts of a car meant to crush on impact to reduce the force of a crash, allow it to absorb some of the energy of a collision.
Founded in Toyko in 1937, the company was known as Kwanon, named after a Buddhist figure.
There is only one other school within the university that is named after an individual in modern times, according to the Associate Press: Harvard Kennedy School, named for John F. Kennedy.
Delaware: Named for the Delaware Bay, named after Baron De la Warr (Thomas West, 1577 — 1618), the first English governor of Virginia.
The Zante is named after a Greek island, a popular tourist destination known for its pristine beaches.
Louisiana: Named after Louis XIV of France.
Alfred, the Boston firm named after Bruce Wayne's butler, provides errand - running services like groceries and laundry for a monthly fee.
Blue Apron, named after the uniform that apprentice chefs wear in France, has also worked to increase its automation to help it better compete with rivals.
It was named after him when he turned 80, a decade ago.
Born: 13/03/49 Age at which he found his first fossil, a seashell: 7 Longest expedition: 3 months («In the Gobi Desert») Year in which he first named a newly discovered dinosaur species: 1979 (Amblydactylus kortmeyeri) Number of new species he's helped name: 30 Number of new species named after him: 5
Today, we use a shortcut called the Atwater system, named after agricultural chemist Wilbur Olin Atwater.
Named after US President Gerald Ford, the Navy plans to procure four of these titans of the sea.
The school, located in Tipp City, Ohio, is named after the wing of an airplane because the teachings are meant to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses and «fly.»
The office has an «urban jungle» theme, and includes meeting rooms named after exotic birds (i.e., Toucan, Flamingo).
As a result, formal and informal meetings occur everywhere: in the kitchen, in a lounge decorated like a 1930s cigar room, in the heart of the castle's central turret, in the multiple conference rooms named after world - famous shopping streets and in three small, angular cabanas in the lobby.
Furniture collections are named after the geographical area wood was sourced.
The challenge is named after former Broad Construction boss, the late Kari Runimukainen, who was among the founders of the event.
Many of the University of Toronto's buildings, faculties and schools are named after major donors, but the structure that houses the Leslie L. Dan Faculty of Pharmacy may be the most impressive result of a big cheque.
Coincidentally, I'm off this morning to the speak to the Geno Auriemma Leadership Institute, named after and led by the University of Connecticut's iconic basketball coach.
But Schulich's $ 20 million gift to alma mater McGill University resulted in the Schulich School of Music, the first instance of a program at the institution being named after an individual.
More modern company towns, like Hershey, Pennsylvania (named after famed chocolatier Milton Hershey's candy corporation), gave residents say in what the town prioritized.
She describes Nasty Gal, named after a song by funk diva Betty Davis, as «my idea of what a cool girl looks like.»
The first vessel of its kind is named after the colorful former Total SA chief executive officer who died in 2014 when his plane crashed into a snowplow at Moscow airport.
The theater, named after the late Apple co-founder, resembles a giant, sleek circular sailor hat, that — like Apple's main campus — is covered with glass windows.
This is the Duchenne, named after a French physiologist who recreated it by applying electric currents to his subjects» faces.
History: The USS Carl Vinson is named after the congressman from Georgia who served in the House during the Second World War, and later oversaw the transition of the Departments of War and the Navy into a singular Department of Defense.
Meanwhile, when Fort Wayne, Ind., decided to crowd - source a name for its new government centre, the most popular suggestion was to name it after a man who was a four - term mayor from the 1930s to the 1950s.
This year, DeGroote opened the Ron Joyce Centre, a new campus in Burlington, Ont., named after the former Tim Hortons leader.
Named after Chester Nimitz, the man who led the Navy throughout the Second World War, the Nimitz first was deployed to the Indian Ocean during the Iran Hostage Crisis.
The busiest airport in Arkansas would no longer be named after the only president and first lady from the state if a bill introduced in the legislature succeeds.
In 2004, Green opened a liquor store in Baton Rouge, La., called Green's Purple & Gold, named after the colors of his alma mater, Louisiana State University.
The company's name comes from the statistical symbols for «mean» and «standard deviation,» and conference rooms are named after statistical distributions.
The conference rooms are named after classic cars.
I am the link between the inside — Earth — and the outside — Planet Sparky (named after my alien - looking French bulldog).
Rumi Spice, which is named after the 13th - century Persian poet Jalal al - Din Rumi, appeared on the second - to - last episode of the season.
Inc. (a diversified financial services named after AIG's founder, Cornelius Vander Starr) as vice president.
(«At least they didn't name you after the barbarian,» goes the family joke.)
For instance, there was an entrepreneur who was raising money for his coffee business and alongside his reward of coffee shipments, he offered backers the chance to be a «barista for a day» and have a coffee drink named after them, as well as a coffee tasting evening in his shop.
This event's name may sound a bit different from most conferences, but that's because it's named after the geographical coordinates of Nashville.
She's has an incredible career — definitely deserves to have Coachella named after her — and her reputation proceeds her.
Goizueta Business School is named after Roberto C. Goizueta, the late CEO of Coca - Cola who led the company from 1981 until he died in 1997.
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