Word: rocketing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...remarkable product turnarounds in the industry's history: a shift from what were considered some of the stodgiest cars of their era to some of the most curvaceous. His ascent began with two sports cars, the elegant, nimble and fast Dodge Stealth, and the implausibly overpowered V-10 road rocket known as the Viper, both of which bore the now unmistakable Galean lines. His masterwork came in the form of a mainstream product -- the "LH" cars (Eagle Vision, Dodge Intrepid, Chrysler Concorde) that debuted late last year, all of which bear Chrysler's distinctive "cab-forward" look...
...past 26 years, Dr. Story Musgrave has learned to handle pressure and danger. He knows what it's like to sit atop a 4.5 million- lb. space shuttle as its three main engines roar to life. He remembers well that when the eight steel bolts that attach the rocket boosters to the launching pad are blown away, there's no turning back. He has felt the crushing sensation as 6 million lbs. of thrust hurl him into orbit. And he knows how sublime and scary it is to float freely in space, tethered to the ship by only a slender...
...KEEPS After nearly a year in office, Clinton has been weakened by a desire to please everyone and offend no one. But as he scrounged for votes, he crossed a new psychological threshold. When Congressman Bob Torricelli of New Jersey came out against the pact, Clinton fired a rocket his way, penning an acidic message in the margin of a speech Torricelli gave last year in support of free trade: "This was written by a man who cared." When Torricelli telephoned later to discuss the note, Clinton refused to take the call...
...goalie got a hand on it, but it was just too powerful," Wheaton said. "It was just a rocket...
...such progress -- even some, like Sergeant Roy Malasig of the 362nd Engineer Company, who were wounded -- the Somalia mission has seemed worthwhile. Last month, just days after arriving in Somalia, Malasig's right leg was peppered with shrapnel when his unit was attacked by gunmen armed with rocket-propelled grenades. Recuperating at home near Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Malasig is eager to return to his unit in Somalia. But if he does return, he knows it will be to a place bedeviled by bloodshed and paradox. "It's like this," he explains, "I was driving down the road...