Salem was founded in the 1700s by the Moravians, a strict Protestant sect originally from what is now the Czech Republic and eastern Germany.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

Fostering financial literacy among young people and preparing them for the workplace has been the mission of Junior Achievement since it was founded in 1919.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

(Speaking) Toyota was founded in the early 1930s but the its real success came after World War II when it developed something called "The Toyota Production System."

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

The Taliban was founded outside the city in 1994, and have recently been flexing their muscles again.

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

Al-Shabab,which currently controls key towns in southern and central Somalia, was founded several years ago by al-Qaida-trained Somali radicals and is virulently anti-West.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01