Word: launching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chase N. Peterson '52, vice president for alumni affairs and development, said yesterday that although the decision to launch a major drive at Harvard would not be made until sometime next year, the two consulting firms are considering fundraising prospects among alumni, foundations, and corporations...
Once they have learned the basics, the women begin to practice on the Charles. During this part of the workout, which a crew member describes as "the most enjoyable part of crew," Huntsman rides the motorized launch. He follows a boat of eight women strokers...
Huntsman spends the entire hour standing in the launch, pointing out any mistakes the women are making. He instructs them on how to correct their strokes, and says he encourages the boat to "stick together...
During his Florida campaign, Ford promised that the Republicans' 1974 gubernatorial nominee, Jerry Thomas, would be appointed undersecretary of the treasury. An Orlando defense plant suddenly received a $33.6 million contract, and the federal government suddenly came through with a $15.2 million grant to launch Miami's long awaited transit system...
...through imperial plundering in the 6th and 7th centuries by Byzantine Emperors Justinian and Constans II. Johnson also challenges the once popular thesis-of Max Weber and R.H. Tawney among others-that Calvinism helped nurture capitalism. In staunchly Calvinistic Scotland, Johnson notes, capitalism was long stifled. What did launch capitalism, he argues, was the decline of churchly power-whether in Calvinistic or Catholic states...