Word: launch
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...nicknamed "the King," seems to be preparing to enter North Carolina's 1996 gubernatorial election, as state G.O.P. officials have urged him to do. The longtime county commissioner has announced that he won't seek re-election, but that doesn't mean he's leaving politics. He recently helped launch both the Richard Petty Political Action Committee and the Richard Petty Policy Group. Paul Shumaker Jr., Petty's political consultant, will say only, "The formation of pac and the policy group does elevate his involvement in the political process...
...fact, new questions keep popping up even as special counsel Robert Fiske prepares to launch his probe into all aspects of the mess. The latest: Did Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, back in Arkansas days, underpay their federal income taxes by much more than they have previously admitted? A TIME examination of bank records, interviews with some leading participants and consultations with tax experts indicate that is at least enough of a possibility to warrant a close look by Fiske and his probers...
...many of which involve several years of alleged inappropriate behavior--have not been properly handled by those responsible for resolving them. In the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, that responsibility rests with Margot N. Gill, the school's dean for student affairs. To date, Gill has not launched even a perfunctory investigation into the allegations, against van der Merwe. And she has refused to discuss the charges with reporters. Meanwhile, the wing suffers. The alleged victims suffer. And van der Merwe suffers. At this point, since Gill has clearly dropped the ball, her superiors should step in. The University...
...founders quit the society, Gwertzman said, because of apathy in the organization and because they wanted a new platform to launch the newsletter...
Zerner stresses that the outline for the new course is still very tentative, but is quick to launch into a discussion about his plans...