Word: launch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...chunks of metal that high is expensive, however, and Iridium and its brethren are trying to fly into space on the cheap, relatively speaking. They rely on so-called low-earth-orbit satellites that zoom just a few hundred miles above the planet's surface. They're cheaper to launch since they weigh less; and since the satellites are closer to the ground, devices with small antennas and comparatively small battery packs can reach them. Most important, signals can go up and return with no perceptible delay, which is vital for voice communications. But more of them are needed...
Foster was next to launch, and she would not be denied. She streaked in left to right and struck the final blow, firing a shot over the head of the helpless keeper to give her team a 2-0 lead...
...West is waving the big stick at Serbia again, but it doesn't appear to be scaring President Slobodan Milosevic. Although the U.N. Security Council was expected on Wednesday to pass a resolution demanding a cease-fire in Kosovo, Serb troops continued to launch attacks on rebel-held villages, sending tens of thousands of ethnic Albanians fleeing from the territory...
...like a Venus flytrap. It's morecomplicated than it seems to be. The barriers toenter are very low--rent the place, get someequipment. You don't need to launch a satellite,"he says...
First came the launch into fame and myth: the New York Times devoted its entire front page to Lindbergh and his flight. When Lindbergh visited England on the way home, King George V greeted him and said, "Now tell me, Captain Lindbergh. There is one thing I long to know. How did you pee?" New York's Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes welcomed him home: "I greet you as the first and finest American boy." TIME beatified Lindbergh as its first Man of the Year...