Word: launch
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After SEC gives the expected go-ahead, Israel will launch a huge bond drive throughout the U.S. in May. In a sense, Israel will be appealing to the heart and not the head: the bonds will be sold not through securities houses, but through Jewish community organizations...
...oarsmen this morning will launch a rigorous spring vacation practice program that starts at around 7:30 a.m. "No more breakfast than a glass of juice and a cup of coffee," the wily coach warned them yesterday. "There's already enough sediment in the river...
...Lattre expects the Ho Chi Minh Communists to attack next month, counts on the improved morale of his present forces and the increasing flow of U.S. material to hold the enemy. About June he hopes to launch a counteroffensive that will drive the Communists back across the Chinese border, put the French in a strong position to resist further attacks. He will need 1) officers and noncoms to replace those lost in combat, 2) men to train the Vietnamese army, which he plans to raise from...
First of all, said he, the university was about to launch the biggest fund-raising campaign in its history-$75 to $100 million over the next 25 years. More important, it was embarking on a radical new plan for higher education. "We propose," said Bronk, "to make this a university in which the sharp distinctions between undergraduates and graduates will be eliminated ... in which students will be given the opportunity to progress as rapidly as they are able." It was a plan that would overhaul traditional requirements from top to bottom, slash away department lines...
Soybeans & Sex. It was just such enthusiasm to launch non-paint products that had made Glidden grow as fast as an ABC-and-X-fed shoat. In 33 years, Glidden has expanded from a $2,500,000-a-year paint company into a $200 million-a-year concern with 37 plants in the U.S. and Canada. It turns out hundreds of products, ranging from bug poison to salad dressing, from lacquer to sex hormones. In the past two years, Glidden's new products have included a quick-drying paint (Spred Satin), sweetened coconut shreds that stay fresh until used...