Word: launching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nixon replies calmly that he merely ordered Haldeman to launch "a public relations offensive on what the other side is doing." That same day the Democrats had filed a $1 million lawsuit against Nixon's re-election committee for the raid in the night. Nixon's explanation meshes neatly with a note Haldeman made at the time about the conversation. It said: "What is our counterattack? P.R. offensive to top this...
...sunset law," which requires a yearly re-evaluation of spending programs, prompted legislators in eight other states to introduce similar measures. Peirce also dispenses local anesthetic for painful civic problems through regular articles in the fact-packed National Journal (circ. 3,200), an authoritative Government-watching weekly he helped launch in 1969, which is one of the nation's most expensive publications (yearly subscription...
...fails to fully analyze the problems it puts forward, and offers only a few questionable solutions. After the Supreme Court found corporal punishment constitutional in one case, CBS commentator Eric Sevareid glibly commented that "kid-whacking" is "civilizing" in the proper adult hands. Hentoff springs off that comment to launch his book with a section entitled, "Does Eric Sevareid's Kid Get Hit in School?" Hentoff advocates making corporal punishment flatly illegal in the remaining 48 states where "culturally-sanctioned acts of violence against children" are still allowed in schools. Hentoff uses one gory example after another, ad nauseum...
...part of the proposal to develop an autonomous Radcliffe, the College will launch a major centennial fund drive next year to strengthen its endowment and help expand its graduate and undergraduate programs...
Brown didn't give up without a fight; Carell finished with five tallies and sidekick John Meister matched his point total with two goals and three assists. But the Bruins never got close enough to launch a serious rally, and Harvard cruised to the 18-11 final margin...