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rocket often used as an image of speed;
Rocket was the name of the steam locomotive (1829) built by George Stephenson (1781–1848) and his son Robert, the prototype for all future steam locomotives.
up like a rocket, down like a stick proverbial saying, late 19th century, meaning that sudden marked success is likely to be followed by equally sudden failure. The saying derives from Thomas Paine' comment on Edmund Burke' losing the House of Commons debate on the French Revolution to Charles James Fox, ‘As he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick.’
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Rocket Software OSS Suite Approved for Interoperability with Nortel Networks CDMA2000 1x Wireless Infrastructure.
Business Wire; 2/4/2004; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2004 Rocket Software OSS Unit, a global provider...Management Solutions, today announced that its Rocket OSS Suite has achieved interoperability...IOT) program demonstrates that the Rocket OSS suite will work successfully with...
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'Rockets' reported fired at two jetliners.(BUSINESS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 2/21/2002; 700+ words
; ...doubted it was a model rocket. "It did not look like any model rocket I've ever seen...to play with model rockets when he was a child...near misses but not rockets," Mr. Sullivan...similar report of a rocket fired at a commercial...
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Rocket Software Inc. to Acquire NetManage, Inc.
Business Wire; 12/12/2007; 700+ words
; CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Rocket Software, Inc. (www.rs.com), a privately held corporation ("Rocket"), and NetManage, Inc. (Nasdaq...have signed, a definitive agreement for Rocket to acquire NetManage in a merger transaction...
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Rocket Mobile Launches Suite of Mobile Applications with Verizon Wireless; Rocket Mobile, Inc. Supports Verizon Wireless' Nationwide Launch of Downloadable Applications.
PR Newswire; 7/3/2002; 700+ words
; ...N.J. and LOS GATOS, Calif. -- Rocket Mobile(TM), Inc., a leading developer...prnh/20000822/VERILOGO-b ) The Rocket Mobile applications include MobileExpense...downloadable applications. Starting this week, Rocket Mobile will have several applications...
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Johnny Rockets to Increase Number of Units by 70 Percent; All-American Retro Restaurant Inks Major Franchise Development Deals.
Business Wire; 5/9/2005; 700+ words
; ALISO VIEJO, Calif. -- Johnny Rockets, recently ranked as one of the top 50...in the addition of over 125 new Johnny Rockets restaurants to the chain -- a 70 percent...its franchisees to open 23 new Johnny Rockets restaurants. These agreements provide...
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Rocket Software, Inc. and Rocket Acquisition Sub, Inc. Announce Reduction of Minimum Condition and Extension of Tender Offer For TCSI Shares.
Business Wire; 12/19/2002; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2002 Rocket Acquisition Sub, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rocket Software, Inc. today announced that...outstanding shares on a fully diluted basis. Rocket Acquisition Sub, Inc. also announced...
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Rocket revolution: multiple rocket launchers were originally designed to saturate area targets. The introduction of new lightweight launchers and precision-guided munitions is making them a weapon of choice for asymmetric warfare.(Guided munitions)
Magazine article from: Armada International; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...The Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) is...full load of twelve rockets in less than a minute. Each M26 rocket is tipped with a 156...bombardment by 1800 rockets and two battalions...and other multiple rocket launchers (MRL...
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Rocket Mobile Announces Immediate Availability of Applications for QUALCOMM's BREW Platform for Verizon Wireless Launch; Rocket Mobile, Inc. Launches Suite of Productivity Applications for Mobile Phone Users.
PR Newswire; 3/18/2002; 700+ words
; ...ORLANDO, Fla., CTIA Wireless 2002 -- Rocket Mobile(TM), a leading provider of...standard platform for wireless devices. Rocket Mobile's productivity suite of applications...released shortly following the launch. "Rocket Mobile's applications are available...
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Rocket club members gain education for future jobs
Newspaper article from: Gurnee Review (IL); 5/4/2000; ; 534 words
; ...are a part of the rocket launch club this year, building rockets from kits and launching...use kits to build rockets, deciding upon their own designs for the rocket's fins and the...said. Some of the rockets landed on the school roof. Another rocket caught on fire...
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Rocket Racing League(R) Completes Successful Flight Test Campaign at Oklahoma Spaceport.
PR Newswire; 9/4/2008; 700+ words
; Rocket Racer Flies Record Seven Times in Four Days NEW YORK, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rocket Racing League today announced the successful...seven test flights of the Bridenstine DKNY Rocket Racer(R) conducted at the Oklahoma Spaceport...
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Rockets and Missiles
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
Rockets and missiles The term rocket is used in two different...military services. How rockets work The operation of a rocket is based on Newton's...inside the body of the rocket. In other types of rockets, the expelled fluid may...
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Rockets
Book article from: Space Sciences
...type of nonchemical rocket is powered by ion propulsion . These rockets turn fuel into plasma...all modern chemical rockets. As Goddard labored in the desert, rocket trailblazer Hermann...Origin of Today's Rockets In the 1950s, von Braun and his "Rocket Team," many of...
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rocket
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
rocket any vehicle propelled...contained propellants. Rockets are used in fireworks...space exploration. Rocket Propulsion The force...Rockets Although early rockets had only one stage...that no single-stage rocket can reach orbital velocity...
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Rocket Engines
Book article from: Space Sciences
Rocket Engines From the first rockets built by the Chinese...on German V-2 rocket technology obtained...War II. As these rockets were adapted to...5, use solid rockets in all their stages...reduce costs. Solid rocket motors strapped...
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rocket weapons
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
...device holding sixteen rockets and capable of being...light truck. The same rocket/warhead combination...solid-fuel air defence rockets were also developed in...the war ended, but a rocket-propelled fighter did...to heavy bombardment rockets, familiarly known as...
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