Word: launching
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...this year, Huang quit the Commerce Department to launch into his next career: Democratic fund raiser. He was an instant achiever. By all accounts he brought in more cash and aroused more enthusiasm among Asian Americans than any Democratic presidential candidate before Clinton had ever enjoyed. At a $1,000-a-plate dinner for Asian Americans in Los Angeles last July, Clinton proudly praised Huang for being so good at getting the audience to open its wallets. But on Oct. 18, Huang was suspended from his fund-raising slot after news leaked that he had solicited the $250,000 South...
...scapegoating by local Zairean demagogues eager to augment their power by whipping up resentment against a people they still see as outsiders. Adding poisonously to this mix was the Hutu refugees' deep hatred for the Tutsi. The Hutu immediately began raiding the mines and goading Zairean leaders to launch pogroms against the Banyamulenge. The Zairean authorities responded with zeal; they organized demonstrations and incited mobs. Finally, in September, the deputy governor of South Kivu province gave the Banyamulenge "foreigners" six days to leave Zaire...
...girls have been largely a flop. Although the mission is child's play, creating a toy or game that sells is not: the process generally takes a couple of years and requires big up-front costs. Toy manufacturers pray for a product's sales to double after the launch of TV ads and for demand to exceed supply temporarily...
...however, just as public interest has been rekindled by the first hints that there might have been life on Mars, ships from the U.S. and Russia are starting to fly again. On Nov. 6, NASA is scheduled to launch an unmanned craft that should be orbiting Mars by this time next year. Ten days later, Russia will fire off a second one, and two weeks after that, NASA will loft a third. If all goes well, NASA hopes to loose a flock more during the next 10 years. "After a hiatus of 20 years," says NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin, "America...
...Mars Global Surveyor, which NASA will launch this week, is one of these new spacecraft. Tipping the scale at 2,337 lbs., it is less than half the weight of the 5,672-lb. Observer. Just as important, it cost only $135 million--milk money next to the Observer's near billion-dollar price...