Word: launch
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...South African security forces would be self- defeating, but Buthelezi could unleash a newly organized Zulu "self- defense unit" of 5,000 men, and there are thousands of loyal Zulu irregulars who could complicate the elections with dead-of-night raids, assassinations and sabotage. If Buthelezi were to launch such subversion, De Klerk would be likely to fulfill his promise to sweep out the KwaZulu establishment, starting with its chief minister...
...Zedillo tries to get his campaign under way -- the formal launch takes place a week after Easter -- police and a special prosecutor are exploring the possibility of a wider conspiracy to kill Colosio. The FBI has been called in to help probe the background of gunman Mario Aburto Martinez, who once lived in San Pedro, California. Police arrested a second suspect last week: Tranquilino Sanchez Venegas, 56, a retired security guard, who had just joined Colosio's crowd-control force and is charged with complicity in the murder...
...spoken to the President on Friday and that "to the best of my knowledge," it was the first time they had discussed the calls relating to Stephens. McLarty added that though he had complete confidence in Stephanopoulos, he was asking newly appointed White House counsel Lloyd Cutler to launch a detailed review of the whole affair. The chief of staff put out a formal statement to the daily press asserting that Stephanopoulos and White House deputy chief of staff Harold Ickes "have no recollection of asking anyone" to fire Stephens and pointing out that Stephens "is continuing to conduct...
...finds himself in that same prosecutor's cross hairs, which is sure to launch widespread speculation about what character flaw got him there. The cool impatience that helped lead to his removal last May as White House communications director is not reserved merely for the Fourth Estate. Says an Administration colleague who claims to both like and respect him, "George sometimes gets this look on his face like you're wasting his time talking to him. He's brilliant, but he doesn't know everything." Of course, he may not know that. And accurately or no, many continue to feel...
...Manson show seemed to crystallize the dilemma. At a press conference, ABC News president Roone Arledge described the in-house debate over whether to launch Turning Point with the Manson show or with another, softer program about a couple who gave birth to sextuplets. Picking Manson, said Arledge with unusual candor, was a matter of "pragmatism" -- a way to draw immediate attention to the new series...