Word: rocketeers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would halt all arms shipments to Iraq. The Soviets temporized, finally concluding that there was little they could do to dissuade Khomeini from his determination to destroy Saddam Hussein. With Moscow's blessing, Syria gave Iran a shipment of sophisticated, Soviet-supplied weaponry (including missile batteries and antitank rocket launchers) as a gesture of friendship...
...slightly changed names like Apolo. Asian manufacturers have so successfully duplicated the silicon micro chips in the core of the Apple machines that the imitations can use a broad range of software, from VisiCalc, the top-selling business budgeting and planning program, to video games like Snack Attack and Rocket Intercept...
...craft's position, speed and altitude. This computer, which determined the engines to be fired, and when, and for how long, took part of its own information from another computer on the ground. As the Apollo neared the moon, a computer triggered the firing of a descent rocket, slowed the lunar module, and then signaled Neil Armstrong that he had five seconds to decide whether or not to go ahead with the landing. At 7,200 ft., a computer commanded the jets to tilt the craft almost upright so that Armstrong and Aldrin could take a close look...
Since the July ceasefire, according to the Israelis, the Palestinians in southern Lebanon have increased their strength in Katyusha rocket launchers by 100%, in antitank guns by 150% and in medium-range artillery by 80%. They have been supplied with Soviet-made SA9 missiles and with antiaircraft missile batteries complete with Libyan instructors. But neither the incidents of provocation nor the arms buildup can be considered sufficiently serious to convince world opinion that such an attack would be essential to Israel's security...
...ball, moved down the left side of the field, and then dumped off to third home Jennifer White. White, who notched five goals against Northeastern on Monday, then moved in on the Brown goal virtually unopposed, beating Bruin Keeper Kate Lanou just 30 seconds into the game with a rocket that found its mark just below the crossbar...