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...Catch Me If You Can" was in essence a much smaller film. Spielberg wanted to keep the pace and the adrenaline going, because he felt that embodied what Frank Abagnale's journey was like. So the shoot was this constant rocket, moving locations, moving from one high-energy scene to the next. And I think it worked - even though I became sick for most of the movie, from all the hours and the locations...
With 1:30 left in regulation, Norman made a spectacular block and then turned on the rocket-boosters, tracking down a long lob pass from Prasse-Freeman and finishing with an authoritative dunk. The slam put Harvard...
...game close for the rest of the period, but Harvard pulled away with two goals that had Catlin’s call sign all over them. Within two minutes of setting up sophomore defenseman Ashley Banfield for a one-time goal, Catlin herself scored on a deflection off a rocket fired from the point by junior defenseman Angela Ruggiero...
...Middle East. They're a 1950s-vintage technology no longer in production in Russia, although North Korea and other countries have continued to manufacture and improve the system. SCUD-Bs of the type suspected of being carried on the So San carry no onboard guidance system - like giant, rocket-powered artillery shells, they are simply pointed in the direction of their target and fired at an optimal angle based on their burn rate. As the Gulf War showed, targeting difficulties made the SCUD an ineffective military weapon, although such imperfections would not diminish its appeal to terrorists. (That said, terrorist...
...says the rally is "the beginning of a healthy comeback?but we still have a long way to go." Indeed, despite their successes, these remain tiny companies, each with annual revenues well under $50 million (compared with Yahoo's nearly $1 billion in sales). "NetEase isn't a rocket in flight," says one Internet-industry consultant. "It's only made it to the launch pad again." In the end, obscurity may be the best thing to happen to chortals. "It's been good that the spotlight hasn't been on them," says Steven Schwankert, an independent China-technology analyst based...