Word: launch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first place, there are not enough fraternities, and it is a matter of great difficulty to launch new ones. The shortage is particularly felt by Jewish students...
...born newsman of French Canadian-Irish descent. His brilliance as a reporter and editor made him managing editor of the conservative old Hartford Courant at the age of 26. But the Courant was too slow for Gauvreau's new ideas. After it fired him, Macfadden lured him to launch the Graphic...
...chief advantage of this formation is that it can launch power plays to the strong side. It is also good for bucks through the line, and short passes to the ends and the two close backs. Its chief weakness is its one-sidedness: the opposition can overshift the defense and meet strength with strength...
...company's local agent managed to get the required permit, but it was canceled almost immediately. The agent was told that he could no longer act for the ship in any capacity, and the Panaghia was ordered to a remote section of the harbor, where an Egyptian patrol launch was set to watch it night and day. Meanwhile, Captain Koutales' supplies of food and water were running out fast, and the Egyptians refused to allow him to replenish either...
...different Chicago offices to a refurbished (for $500,000), five-story Playboy Building. That will give Hefner room for a new project. He has hired the whole staff of Mad, a short-lived satirical pulp, and out of Playboy's $750,000 profit (before taxes) in 1956, will launch a still unnamed new magazine this winter...