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Word: rocketeers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pair of B.U. penalties a minute and a half later gave the Crimson a chance to come back--sort of. Sporting a two-man advantage, Harvard's Jack Hughes got into the "boom and score" parade with a low rocket from the right point. Jack's tally came as the result of pretty checkerboard power-play passing, and fueled the icemen's momentum for the next several minutes...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Terriers Evict Icemen From Walter Brown, 8-5 | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

...wider, well-plotted world of skuldruggery and high technology. The new books cover the map from Cozumel to Copenhagen, the Persian Gulf to the South China Sea. Their post-Bondian hardware ranges from a Guppy-class submarine to the world's biggest tanker, the Dragon M-47 antitank rocket to the Soviet Dragunov rifle. In most cases, the hero is motivated by the heroin, but there is no shortage of sex, usually exotic and always dangerous. Seven sizzlers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Skuldruggery and High Technology | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

...yesterday, an Atlas-Centaur rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral and sent HEAO-2 into an orbit that mission scientists called "perfect ... right on the money...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: Tension High As Satellite Is Launched | 11/14/1978 | See Source »

...High Energy Astrophysical Observatory-2, an x-ray facility astronomers say may produce far-reaching advances in astrophysical research, had a successful launch at 12:24 this morning when it was boosted into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Fla, by an Atlas-Centaur rocket...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: Rocket Launch O.K. | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

...goes according to plan, the HEAO-B will be launched from Cape Kennedy by an Atlas-Centaur rocket shortly after 12:23 a.m. Monday. HEAO-B has no back-up, so a safe launch is essential to the mission's success...

Author: By James G. Hers hberg, | Title: Harvard Astronomers Hope New Satellite Will Succeed | 11/9/1978 | See Source »

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