Word: rocketing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When the time came for blast-off, there was no big clock ticking off a countdown--just a deep voice that suddenly said, "Zazhiganiye [ignition]." As the white Soyuz rocket soared up over the brown Kazakh desert, it flew into a new era of space exploration, transforming one of the 20th century's fiercest rivalries into a partnership for the 21st century. Thagard, 51, became the first American to be shot into space aboard a Russian launcher. And after a two-day ride on the Soyuz, the physician-astronaut became the first American to take up residence...
...Norman Thagard blasted off from Kazazhstan in a Soyuz spacecraft this morning with two Russian cosmonauts, becoming the first American astronaut to fly in a Russian rocket. Once the craft docks with the Russian space station Mir on Thursday, Thagard will spend 90 days working with the Russian crew, studying the cardiovascular, neurological and other physical effects on the crew of living in near-zero gravity for a protracted period of time. This mission, along with Thagard's study, is part of a joint venture among the United States, Russia, Canada, Japan, and the European Space Agency for a permanently...
...about his naked need to be loved across the footlights. "Even if I had only one finger left," he once said, "I'd play for you." That's the credo of the compulsive showman, who loves to get people to sing along with all the tunes (Your Song, Daniel, Rocket Man, Crocodile Rock, I'm Still Standing) that have snaked into the pop repertoire...
...right, he's no Rubinstein, no Picasso. But even a Rocket Man can have a long trajectory. Bank on it: Elton will forever keep pumping the piano and cranking out the hits. Still standing. Still playing your song...
...advertising, or someone else will get the work. ``You can jump in early and help create this exciting new medium,'' he said, ``or you can let the world pass you by, and find yourself operating the best darned buggy-whip business on Madison Avenue.'' Smith's warning followed a rocket from Edwin Artzt, chairman of Procter & Gamble, the largest U.S. advertiser. Last year Artzt told agencies that unless Madison Avenue gets its interactive act together, companies like his will find other ways to tell consumers about their PRODUCTS. Manufacturers are already diverting advertising dollars to direct marketing; many...