Word: launching
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...museum's seven-year cumulative deficit of $1 million, Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles properly chose to cut the staff while emphasizing the museum's academic functions rather than its public ones. But $1 million over 7 years is chump change for a University about to launch a $2 billion fund drive--a University that spent more than $100,000 on a sign for the Shops By Harvard Yard...
Cisneros thinks an answer may lie in a new partnership between cities and the Federal Government. He has chosen Washington to launch a program that aims to shift the focus from cities' narrow efforts to erect emergency shelters to a more far-reaching campaign to provide the needy with social services and permanent housing before they ever land on the streets. The D.C. program calls for creating 1,000 permanent housing units, 100 job-training slots and 400 places in substance-abuse treatment facilities. The government will contribute $20 million in three installments over two years, but only...
...success helped launch other Latin acts. Cuban-born singer Jon Secada, who co-wrote several of Estefan's best-selling songs, has since recorded his own hits, which combine elements of Cuban music, Top 40 and gospel. Says Secada: "Artists who want to experiment find a way of incorporating the things that are worthy from all types of music, like reggae, salsa and African sounds. And it finds a way onto the charts...
...control device on Endeavour's right wing. After mulling over the problem for a day, NASA officials decided not to delay the mission, because three other backup sensors could do the job of the malfunctioning one. Of course, given the shuttle's recent record, a Dec. 1 launch is not exactly a safe...