Word: launching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...were also part of a complicated war of maneuver between Trudeau and Premier René Lévesque of Quebec, who wants independence for his predominantly French-speaking province. Trudeau hopes that the constitutional changes will help take the wind out of separatist sails in Quebec-and incidentally, perhaps, launch his bid for a fourth term as Prime Minister, now an autumn possibility...
...mildly, something of an eccentric--he drove a hearse to work, for example. And he decorated his place with portraits of all the presidents, an incredibly tacky nude, and a salute to Christopher Columbus (the godfather of pizza, apparently). Oh yeah, he also served pizza, and would, on request, launch into half-English, half-Italian tirades about anything and nothing. His pizza was something less than great--greasy, soggy and altogether none too appetizing, but people used to go there, because Joe himself was worth the price of admissions...
...there are reports of ballooning bank debts due to the church's free-spending ways. Dissidents complain of the cost of maintaining church leaders in many mansions, most of them lavishly furnished. A church-related foundation has poured nearly $2 million into Quest magazine. The same foundation will launch a secular book-publishing company, Everest House, with 30 titles this fall...
Savimbi's increasing success in the bush has forced Neto to launch a major offensive against him, using both M.P.L.A. and Cuban troops. Despite the government's superior firepower the offensive has been going poorly. There is dissension between the two attacking groups: the Angolans sneeringly call the Cubans "town dwellers" who are afraid to go into the bush, particularly at night. Angolan prisoners captured by UNITA tell of M.P.L.A. mutinies and heavy casualties among the Cubans...
Peterson said that if he stayed to launch the drive, he would probably feel obligated to see it through the entire five or six years. "I'm an atypical person to be here and 11 years is pushing it. It's time to get back to medicine," he said...