Formerly this would likely have been simply called a release candidate.

FORBES: Microsoft To Unveil Windows 8 'Release Preview' Early June

Microsoft has said that the release candidate of Windows 7, which will be broadly similar to the final version, will be released in late May 2009.

BBC: Downgrade plan for Windows 7 PCs

Perry and Gingrich called on the candidate to release his tax returns, which Mr. Romney said he would do if the questions don't die down.

WSJ: GOP Race Intensifies as Huntsman Exits

Meanwhile, the president of a criminal court just outside Amman ordered Tuesday the release of a local candidate in Salt after he was accused of vote-buying, Petra reported.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Mr. Stringer, who is a candidate for city comptroller, issued an unusual news release about a failed suicide attempt after an individual leapt in front of an R train last weekend.

WSJ: Track Deaths Rare

Last year's Republican presidential candidate, John McCain, said he did not think it necessary to release further documents purporting to show the effectiveness of such methods in gleaning information.

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