Word: rocketing
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...have yet to locate the staging area of this rocket attack," said Assimakis Golfas, the head police chief of the greater Athens area. "We are scouring the region, mainly buildings across the [street from the] embassy...
...rocket, apparently fired from more than 300 yards away across a busy boulevard and over a ten-foot security wall, smashed the glass front of the building and wrecked facilities near the U.S. ambassador's office on the third floor...
...Friday's hit against the U.S. mission was not unprecedented. Eleven years ago, unidentified assailants fired a rocket into the embassy compound, damaging three diplomatic vehicles. No group claimed responsibility, but American officials blamed November...
...center of Mogadishu is an awesome, ghostly monument to war. The streets are lined with rows of crumbling, freestanding Italianate façades sprayed with bullets, splashed by rocket-propelled grenades and showing clear blue sky where their roofs and walls used to be. Somalia's capital is less a city than a collection of tribal neighborhoods. Its back alleys lie under several feet of dirt and plastic bags, traffic is regularly held up by armed privateers demanding payments, and the air is thick with gunfire...
Meanwhile, at the Center for High-Energy Metaphysics, some rocket scientist pulled the fire alarm, a few days after those crazy Co-op kids almost burned down their kitchen. The long-suffering Cambridge fire department responded, sirens blaring, and a furious resident screamed after fleeing revelers: “NO MORE PARTIES!!!” At least one person was scared—a girl fleeing the scene was apparently so disturbed, she ran right into a parked car. Karma: better than...