Word: launching
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...apps A little more than a dozen programs are available at launch...
...multitasking You can launch only one app at a time, which is frustrating
Samuel P. Huntington was not afraid to launch his ideas onto the center of the intellectual stage, even when they sparked controversy. But friends and family said they will remember the bespectacled political scientist for his gentle, reserved nature and commitment to academia. The preeminent scholar of national security and civil-military relations died of congestive heart failure and complications related to diabetes on Martha’s Vineyard in December. He was 81. Huntington, who taught at Harvard for 58 years before retiring in 2007, was a gentle, yet quietly serious, presence in the government department, where he left...
...science and technology, we will launch a new fund to support technological development in Muslim-majority countries, and to help transfer ideas to the marketplace so they can create jobs. We will open centers of scientific excellence in Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, and appoint new Science Envoys to collaborate on programs that develop new sources of energy, create green jobs, digitize records, clean water, and grow new crops. And today I am announcing a new global effort with the Organization of the Islamic Conference to eradicate polio. And we will also expand partnerships with Muslim communities...
...Though the Conley report suggested that an office and staff should be dedicated to J-Term planning, and administrators and members of the committee say they have long recognized that these logistical questions had to be answered before provisions could be laid, the administration did not launch an effort to identify which resources would be necessary to implement programming until very recently.Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris says that one early roadblock to incorporating courses during this period was identifying faculty members who would be willing to teach during J-Term, as the idea was met with some resistance...