Word: launching
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Tobacco Institute attacked the report, saying it was "purely political." But Continental Airlines used the federal report to launch its own no-smoking program, announcing that smokers who agree to keep their pack in their pocket would qualify for a 10% discount on their next flight. The 30- day experimental program was to begin...
...NASA announcement indicates that at least some of the crew were functioning for several seconds after the explosion and possibly longer. Evidence that they had survived the blast came from four emergency air packs, connected to the astronauts' helmets during launch, that were pulled months ago from the ocean. Three of the packs, designed to supply air if the astronauts had to exit the shuttle on the launch pad through noxious fumes, had been manually activated. One was identified as Smith's. Since the Challenger pilot, locked into his safety harness, could not have reached the control, it must have...
...meeting started to take shape months ago, after the King dropped hints that he was ready to meet with Peres to see if the Israeli leader had any new peace proposals. Movement on general Arab-Israeli talks sputtered to a halt in February, when King Hussein's attempts to launch negotiations involving Israel, Jordan and the Palestine Liberation Organization broke down. Peres entered into tentative contacts, relying on emissaries like Moroccan-born Rafael Edri, chairman of the Labor Party faction in the Knesset...
...West, rake in hard-currency winnings, and live better than Central Committee members. Any player 18 or over with 120 points on the international tennis rating scale in singles or 60 points in doubles, or who is a member of the Davis, King's or Federation Cup teams, can launch a pro career in the West with the permission of the Tennis Federation Board. As one coach put it, that means "no problems with the government, no problems with school and a good image for Czechoslovakia...
...seat they are seeking is being vacated by Wyche Fowler Jr., who is running for the nomination to oppose Republican Senator Mack Mattingly. Facing Fowler in the Democratic primary is Hamilton Jordan, President Carter's former chief of staff, who while recovering from lymphatic cancer last year ! decided to launch his own political career...