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Word: rocketeer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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With just under four minutes left in the first half, Berman used a juke move and a quick first step to rocket the ball towards the Eagle net. It easily beat junior goalkeeper Courtney Schaeffer, but went over the crossbar by just inches...

Author: By Barat Samy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Soccer Notebook | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...done his best to assure the West that his coup will stabilize Pakistan. Foreign observers had been uncertain of how Musharraf planned to deal with the country's fundamentalist movement and with the Taliban. But no military leader is likely to tolerate irregulars running around his capital firing rocket launchers, especially when they're biting the hand that feeds his country's aid-dependent economy. The rocket attacks may force Musharraf to act against Bin Laden, the Taliban and their Pakistani supporters, or else face being damned along with them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terror Attacks Against U.S. in Pakistan Challenge Coup Leader | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

...Friday's rocket attacks on U.S. facilities in Pakistan put Afghanistan-based international terrorist Osama bin Laden back in the spotlight. From what country does Bin Laden hail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So You Think You're Well-Informed? | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

...like yourself has a bright future. What is your exit strategy? A) Corporate buy-out. Earn a six-figure salary as CEO, hire a manager, dump your equity and spend the rest of your days playing Microsoft Golf 2000; B) IPO. Drum up hype, watch your stock price sky rocket, dump your equity and move to Vegas; C) Consolidate ownership. Convince your partners that the company is on the fast track to success, confess you are not the most qualified leader, sell your equity (for a reasonable price that includes "future earnings"), and go to law school; D) Wake...

Author: By Rich S. Lee, | Title: Regis Does IPO | 11/10/1999 | See Source »

ROGER CLEMENS Sorry, Beantown. Rocket man gets ring after long Boston drought. Pr-ou-ou-d to be a Yankee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Nov. 8, 1999 | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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