Word: launching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crimson Key started its activities during the Eastern Intercollegiate Sprint Regatta by providing entertainment for the visiting crews. The Key also broadcast live reports of the race from the coaches' launch to spectators at the finish line during the races...
...Chung is having a second moment of infamy, because he has told investigators that he received $300,000 from Liu Chaoying, a top executive at China Aerospace International Holdings (the subsidiary of a huge Chinese satellite-launching outfit), and funneled at least $35,000 of it to the Democratic National Committee. Here's where it gets sticky: after Chung passed illegal money to the D.N.C., Clinton approved the transfer of commercial satellite-launch technology to China--technology that might have helped China improve the accuracy of its long-range ballistic missiles that threaten...
...evidence suggests there may be less to the China connection than meets the eye. Investigative sources tell TIME there's no evidence that anyone in the White House knew Chung was funneling money from Chinese sources or that Chung ever lobbied anyone about the transfer of satellite-launch technology. Chung's lawyer, Brian Sun, insists Liu never discussed satellites or waivers with Chung. At least part of their partnership concerned the prosaic business of trading auto parts and telephone equipment...
...evidence that the woman was a spy is a little shaky. But last week the opposition Democratic Party of Japan announced it would launch an investigation of the relationship and of the woman. Result: a lot of questions -- why was Hashimoto using a Chinese, not a Japanese, interpreter? how did the woman subsequently get Japanese citizenship so easily? -- are being raised, and loudly...
...proceedings are open to any of WorldPerks' approximately 17 million members worldwide. Some of the 25,000 people who have taken part have won goodies like tickets to the Grammy Awards, private cooking lessons in Paris with world-renowned chefs and an escorted trip to a Cape Canaveral launch, according to Susan Edberg, director of WorldPerks marketing...