Word: thrust
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first time, the delta-winged spacecraft will climb directly into orbit with only one intermediate firing by its orbital maneuvering engines. A steeper ascent, made possible by improvements in engine thrust, will save fuel, which may be needed for the rendezvous maneuvers with Solar Max. Once it is 245 miles high, the shuttle will use its remote-controlled mechanical arm for another first: the deployment of a 30-ft.-long cylindrical package, called the long-duration exposure facility (LDEF), which contains 57 separate scientific experiments contributed by nearly 200 scientists in nine countries. LDEF will be left in orbit...
...most passionate American dream, more nearly universal than finding the streets paved with gold or hearing the crowd cheering the winning touchdown or even taking the oath of office, hand on the Bible: the vision of being discovered and thrust into instant movie stardom. In much publicized myth, it can happen at a soda counter. But it happens most often to people who work at it, begging for appointments to plead for the privilege of being allowed to audition so that they can then risk being "typed out"-excluded because they have "the wrong look"-after a glance from...
Still, I fancied myself to be some Magellan-like discover, setting out to disprove the myths and stereotypes which we thrust upon the Soviet Union...
...reassuring to some islanders, who feel that a build-up is long overdue and that by strengthening their defense forces they can resist leftist insurgencies. Other residents, however, fear that larger local armies will bring more war than peace to the region, turn their islands into U.S. satellites and thrust them into the middle of superpower conflicts. Says Dominica's former Finance Minister Michael Douglas: "During the last few months, we have seen a lot of military assistance akin to that in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras...
...Iowa gave us the thrust we needed to take advantage of the marvelous organization we had in the state...