1.   The new publishers were giving him a launch party and wanted names for the guest list.

2.   There was great rejoicing at the launch party for the book.

3.   Rocky himself, currently in a Texas mental hospital, will be released to play at the launch party!

4.   But while the performers at the launch party soared through the air, the product itself has fallen flat this past year.

5.   Clark, who attended the launch party, already has switched his long-distance service to BellSouth.

6.   Gone is the unfettered optimism, epitomized by the dot-com launch parties backed by bottomless free drinks and venture capital.

7.   Imagine plans a big splash, with launch parties in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

8.   Cerbone, from the red-hot HBO series to sign autographs at its launch party at the Royalton Hotel last week.

9.   Once, you may have been programming code, crashing a startup launch party or crunching numbers into the night.