Word: launch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crimson was on fire from behind the three-point stripe all night. Ralph James connected on five trifectas, including three in the first half. Five of Harvard's first seven field goals were from beyond 20 feet. James and Condakes were the only Harvard players to launch shots from behind the stripe, connecting on an impressive 11-for-18 shots. James carried the Crimson in the first half, scoring 13 of his team's first 18 points. After James hit a layup with 11:10 left in the first half, the UNH defense tightened up on the senior Co-Captain...
Starting this year, and extending well into the coming decade, the dean says he will launch a major new research initiative at the Kennedy School called "Revitalizing American Democracy...
...took the threat seriously enough to beg Israel in advance not to launch a pre-emptive attack. Washington promised in return to make the Scud missiles in western Iraq, the ones targeted on Israel, a primary target of the first alliance bombing raids. They were hit, and hard, at the start of the war. As the first 24 hours ticked by without an assault, hope grew that Saddam had been prevented from trying his cynical gambit...
...probable U.S. and allied attack strategy: U.S. and Arab troops may stage frontal assaults to keep Iraqi troops pinned down and launch a secondary thrust along the Persian Gulf coast. But the main assault could be a left hook: an attack around the western tip of Kuwait into Iraq proper, looping back to cut off the dug-in troops. As for tactics, the primary way to breach the fortifications would be simply to try to blast a way through with aerial bombs. If that does not work, combat engineers would use "line charges" -- bombs thrown out on cables to form...
Iraq mocked the allies for failing to launch a ground offensive, but allied commanders said they would stick to their game plan and intensify the around-the-clock air strikes on Iraq and occupied Kuwait...