Word: launching
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lack of firepower available should it choose to launch a retaliatory raid. The aircraft carrier Nimitz, with at least 60 fighter- bombers and an amphibious landing force of 1,500 Marines, sits just off the Lebanese coast. A Delta Force unit reportedly stands ready on Cyprus, 100 miles from Beirut. The 100-plus Delta operatives are highly trained, but they have been used only twice against terrorists -- both times unsuccessfully. The 1980 Iranian hostage-rescue attempt was aborted in the desert when two helicopters broke down; during the invasion of Grenada the Delta commandos failed to reach the Richmond Hill...
Like other people who are humiliated and threatened, we talk now mostly about retribution. Washington echoes the brave calls of armchair generals from the provinces who would devastate the Bekaa Valley or demolish the Beirut airport or launch a search-and-destroy mission in the city. Retaliation may have its place when, in that rare instance, terrorists separate themselves from the fabric of innocent society. The better answer lies in every American's awareness and understanding that terrorism must be met on its own terms...
French banks and credit-card issuers plan to switch completely to smart cards by 1988. In the U.S., MasterCard will launch the first smart-card experiment this fall by giving out about 100,000 of them in Columbia, Md., and Palm Beach, Fla. If that pilot program goes well, MasterCard may begin national distribution as early...
Jones' product line has expanded like the chest of an avid body builder. Last year Nautilus began selling machines for the home, priced at $485. He now has 37 different models for fitness centers that go for an average $2,640. Nautilus will launch a line of shoes and exercise wear early next year. But Jones' highest interest lies in medicine, to which he has donated some $11 million for research. Next month doctors and clinics will begin receiving a new computerized Nautilus machine (price: $30,000) that is designed to aid physical therapy by measuring strength...
...Ronald Reagan, the consummate salesman, tax reform promises to be the hardest sell of his presidency. This week he will launch a ballyhooed campaign to convince Congress that political salvation lies in rebuffing the swarms of special interests whose loopholes now ventilate the tax code. His method of persuasion, as ever, will be to preach over the heads of Congressmen to the voters who elect them...