Word: launching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...political-financial complex, McCain was plotting to blow it up. The Senator has made his name in politics, in part, by pounding his head against the wall of campaign-finance reform. So far, his efforts have been thwarted by his Republican colleagues in Congress. But this week McCain will launch the battle from a different perch, in a campaign speech at the old town hall in Bedford, N.H., the state holding the first presidential primary...
...surprisingly, that compelling story is making its way to voters and bookstores very soon. The campaign has sent about 50,000 biographical videos to primary voters in New Hampshire. And in September, McCain will launch a book tour promoting Faith of My Fathers, a three-generation biography of his father and his grandfather--both admirals--and the lessons of honor and patriotism they taught him. If the tale catches on, Bush may wish to change the subject--even to campaign-finance reform...
...discovery also represents a business opportunity. Scientific Learning is an education start-up that plans to launch an initial public offering in mid-July. The company, which lost $10.7 million on sales of $5.1 million last year, has targeted language and reading skills at a time when an estimated 16 million U.S. youngsters between the ages of four and 13 have reading problems. The vast but fragmented market for reading improvement already encompasses clinics, homes and schools. Leading companies range from niche players like Lindamood Bell Learning Processes (1998 revenues: $11 million) of San Luis Obispo, Calif., which operates centers...
...RUDY GIULIANI'S city and he'll cancel a party if he wants to--particularly if it crimps the campaign of a potential political rival. The party in question was to celebrate the launch of Talk, former New Yorker editor Tina Brown's latest magazine. Brown and Harvey Weinstein, a hefty Democratic supporter whose Miramax Films part-owns the publication, had applied to hold their August revel at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, which is owned by New York City. But Giuliani balked when rumors, still unsubstantiated, swirled that the magazine's first cover girl would be HILLARY CLINTON...
...middle school summers at a small all-boys camp hidden away on Lake Winnipesaukee in the New Hampshire mountains, far removed from any semblance of civilization or technology. It was as close to the stereotypical "summer camp" as it could be--I learned how to shoot a rifle, launch a bow and arrow, light a campfire and swim the butterfly...