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1. flying in a rocket ship to the
2. Rocket: If you see a rocket flying in the air, something very pleasant will happen to you soon
3. She walks at a measured pace, letting the rocket fuse reach its zenith
4. Tucked under his jacket he has a plastic box full of rocket flavoured sherbet
5. This time, I went off too like a rocket, and in the process hit the
6. As penguins can't fly, they invest in rocket packs and set off en masse
7. The engines themselves were a technological departure from rocket technology of previous decades
8. Although, like rocket engines, they still relied on tanks of fuel, in this case liquid xenon gas, they were massively more efficient than their twentieth century predecessors
9. Conventional rocket fuel was held in smaller tanks in the mid-section to supply the thrusters which allowed the vessel to turn and manoeuvre
10. He felt like he had rocket fuel in his blood
11. that could never have coped with modern traffic, until a V2 rocket arrived
12. Then I thought I can’t listen to this bullshit anymore and I was just about to stand up and punch the bastard right in the middle of his smug well fed face when Anne exploded like a signal rocket
13. !' The pints earlier and then Doc's unlabelled rocket fuel, followed by the joint were taking their toll with a vengeance
14. in both hands and put it to his shoulder, holding it like a rocket launcher
15. It doesn"t take a rocket scientist to turn that around and admit that socialism cannot be imposed without terror
16. � He flew as fast as a rocket to the fence
17. He spread his wings, lifted off and flew faster than a rocket to the moon straight into the tree
18. This is not rocket science
19. As with all law it is more complicated that what I say it is in my books but it is not rocket science and never will be
20. It is not rocket science at all
21. "It's acting like a rocket motor
22. The rocket attack was the usual thing, with subtle variations
23. One reason we only used nine Biffs for the rocket attack, was because we only had nine properly modified with carburetor heaters
24. However, all that bullshit on the phone paid off and we learned that Novorski was sponsoring the fair - a highly prestigious event considering the amount of vomit already visible - and had been scheduled to appear right about midnight, say a couple of words to the gathered crowd and then probably go back to counting cotton balls in his well-guarded warehouse complex, complete with electric fences, a minefield, and a piranha-filled moat, with trained alligators for guards, riding sharks armed with lasers and rocket jets
25. It was easily three stories high and as wide as a moon rocket, curiously lit by some sort of inner light, as if it was painted with glow paint
26. A few minutes later both Hussein and Ahmed were able to lift up a Russian shoulder launched anti-tank rocket propelled grenade launcher
27. Hussein loaded another rocket
28. This time Ahmed fired a rocket at the rear of the Exhibition Centre where the Chinese President was celebrating his daughter’s graduation
29. The rocket ripping open the rear delivery doors
30. Another rocket was fired at the roof of the building bringing glass and debris crashing down on the trapped dignitaries
31. This was all brought to an end when the rocket fire began
32. Unexpectedly the building came under a hail of fire from the rear as an armoured piercing rocket was heard exploding to the rear
33. Akbar and Muhammad watched as those who had been wounded from the force and shock of each rocket hitting the building were pulled away to safety
34. The men calmly watched as the police at all the entrances began to barricade themselves in from inside with desks, chairs and all sorts of debris they could gather in the minutes following the rocket attack
35. But right now with riots and explosions erupting outside and rocket attacks smashing apart the building things did not look promising at all
36. But, not for Raul; the memory of the rocket flashes in the night stayed with him through every moment; Edgar could see it etched onto his face, and its weight upon him expressed in lethargy
37. He raced to the open door and braced himself in the doorframe, as one rocket after another screamed and its reverberations pounded the air
38. If any of his family harbored any doubts about who was ultimately to blame for the rocket attack, he needed to put the question to rest by explaining how his return to Jinotega in the midst of the war had been the catalyst
39. Fly the big red rocket
40. A rocket booster
41. The tension was as thick as a Johnny Rocket milkshake
42. They tested positive for rocket fuel residue (nitrates)
43. launch of the rocket, Shinra26, the more I realised that it only
44. launch of the rocket, Shinra26, and his presence at in the
45. Steadying his ride as the rocket soared directly at him, Cloud
46. then a man, casually, stepped out of the crowd with a rocket launcher on his shoulder and
47. Later, I was told that the rocket had exploded ten meters short of my chopper, shrapnel
48. As soon as it got dark, I sent up another red rocket
49. I kept the Re Che in the woods engaged by firing an occasional rocket into their position and picking off anyone who showed himself
50. of the low seated pocket rocket as if he was valeting it
1. Her blood pressure had rocketed so high she was in danger of having a stroke
2. If she was in a good mood, her granite expression had fewer sharp edges than usual and ten minutes before the end of French period she would suddenly bark, “Un!” That was the signal for an oral game of counting that rocketed along the rows, starting from the pupil at whom she nodded her head
3. When he rocketed into the air, he flew,
4. Cloud watched for a moment as they rocketed
5. reared the bike up on its back wheel and rocketed towards the
6. The rear canopy of the Trot 11 aircraft suddenly flew off and the backseater was rocketed out in his ejection seat
7. When the track was released just two weeks before the ribbon cutting ceremony, it rocketed to the #1 spot on the charts
8. The fisherman whipped his head back as the water rocketed past him into the sky with the frying pan and the egg of Syn balanced atop the fountainhead like a ball on a magician’s nose
9. The temperature inside the vessel rocketed up almost instantly
10. With a roar that sounded part wart hog, part buffalo, she rocketed to her knees and threw me off
11. The two missiles suddenly switch trajectories and rocketed upward, hitting the flares
12. Ingrid always loved the sensation of power that this gave and she truly enjoyed that moment as the XF-83 rocketed down the runway
13. The system, which featured graphics superior to the older Atari 2600, rocketed to popularity
14. would not have “sky rocketed”, it might have stabilized at a slightly above average level
15. “right security at the right time” - when in reality, the stock would have sky rocketed
16. The ZX3 rocketed into the sky and the enemy aircraft gave chase
17. There was a sudden roaring blast of the twin rocket engines, and the ZX3 rocketed forward at a great speed and Tanya shouted over the radio
18. The ZX3 began to spin out of control as it dropped out of the sky, and in a split second it tilted upwards and rocketed into the sky and Tanya regained control
19. ‘’Sir, something on the surface of that asteroid has just rocketed off and is speeding towards us
20. Slimegobbler held onto the pelt of the mastodon as it rocketed left and then right
21. There was a deafening roar as their backpacks rocketed to life and sent the dames rushing skyward like fireworks
22. Swearing at his bad luck, the British pulled the ejection chord of his seat and was rocketed out of his doomed plane
23. Jade had rocketed out of bed too
24. Instantly, I rocketed up with the everlasting impression frozen in my mind’s eye of George MacFarlane’s amazed stupid grin staring up at me as I disappeared into the blanket of ash suspended in the air
25. On their wings they could have rocketed high with their imagination
26. orbital battery from his facility, followed by twelve missiles that rocketed up towards various ships in orbit
27. We were rocketed upwards at an amazing speed
28. Falcons rocketed into their formation, scattering it
29. The shadow rocketed up the stairs
30. Without warning, the elevator rocketed upward to the top floor;
31. have rocketed to the surface if I'd not managed to grab
32. My sales have sky rocketed and I’ve tripled my subscription rate all based on the
33. He put the thermometer near the corner and the needle rocketed to zero
34. A disturbing prospect rocketed Kurt’s mind as he made his way toward Bernice’s home, sending his thoughts into overdrive and his functions into failure
35. ” She said, then rocketed back into order
36. rocketed down the highway, the General abruptly cut
37. It rocketed into
38. rocketed away on the six-lane road
39. They hurried to the car, jumped in, and rocketed off toward the
40. The motion of the bullet train lulled me into a stupor, while we rocketed toward Chicago
41. Her hips rocketed off the bed the moment his tongue touched the tip of her sensitive bud
42. saying that the Rockets had rocketed past the stalled
43. Designed as a reusable platform, the Space Shuttle rocketed into space and landed back on Earth with wheels down, like a traditional airplane
44. We were getting rocketed every fight
45. He swerved around an elderly couple and rocketed into the street, his car in sight
46. We were getting rocketed every fight
47. The price had been outrageously high, given the situation, but it was still a minor coup when a day later the magazine’s scoop was published and the market value of the Millennium brand rocketed
48. These telecommunications and dot-com companies rocketed the NASDAQ-100 index to a gain of almost 400 percent from late 1998 to early 2000
49. Volex was an old favourite a long time ago and it rocketed
50. I remember a company I ran whose share price had rocketed and we knew exactly why it had suddenly jumped
1. To her left she could see the chase unfolding, five police cars and one insanely driven Porsche, rocketing towards the square
2. I was just biting into a slab of the cardboard pizza I"d bought in a moment of insanity that morning, when the Porsche skidded to a halt long enough to eject Frances before rocketing off again
3. The 15-inch shells weighing a ton apiece went rocketing out of the muzzles at over one thousand six hundred miles an hour and the men on either side anxiously counted the seconds until their arrival
4. ground and rocketing himself through the streets of
5. and, believe it or not, I leapt up into the air and caught the ball which Philippe had sent rocketing towards the
6. I knew I should be afraid, at least a little bit, but the emotions rocketing through me didn’t leave room for fear
7. Her emotions came rocketing to the surface as the anguish of the last three months was released in one sweeping moment
8. was one of the millions of pieces of debris rocketing in every imaginable direction
9. I was scared, actually I was petrified, but I could still appreciate the beauty of the ocean and the crisp clean sky I was rocketing through somehow
10. Amelia moaned, enjoying the sweet sensations that were rocketing through her
11. This brings me on to Avocet, our worse dog which is now rocketing
12. The confirmation from Lesko came rocketing back, and the meeting was set for eleven that night; a transfer of cash for coke on a dodgy street in the Lower Haight
13. It was not until December of 1998, when I was long a huge position in Charles Schwab & Company (SCHW) as it was rocketing to the upside (Figure 4
14. In any case, the precedent of Peoplesoft in 1994 was helpful in discerning these jagged bases, and stocks like America Online (AOL) and Charles Schwab (SCHW) were rocketing higher
15. Pierce’s Thunderbird shot off Route 2, rocketing down a side road
16. My e-mail to James’s old address had come rocketing back to me, but that wasn’t the end, not by far
17. had a tremendous move, rocketing over 1,230% in 24 months, finally topping in March of 1969 as it broke down from its peak for three weeks in a row with volume increasing sharply, forming the head of what was to become a head & shoulders top formation
18. Wal-Mart Stores, which consistently created an annual growth rate of 43% before rocketing 11,200% from 1977 to 1990
19. In recent years, rocketing Chinese demand for iron ore has meant sky-high prices and has turned the annual negotiations into an eagerly watched spectator sport
1. He yanked the rope out to tie up bottle rockets to the top of the post
2. were plenty of dreams; flying cars, nuclear power, rockets to the moon, the Mekon
3. Danny shone like the rockets of the shuttle launch, except where there was fuel, here there was life
4. Their ballistic rockets would have made defense impossible
5. In 1984, Reagan had hundreds of thousands of rockets refashioned to use nerve gas
6. He shows beginnings of cooperation and limits it to destroying little by little some 120 Al-Samud rockets, which he originally denied he had, but not long ago has confessed he possessed
7. We had three Bristol fighters fueled up and ready to go, with a full load of machine-gun ammunition, and three rockets mounted on each outer pair of wing struts
8. The gun pointed straight out the nose, but the rockets were inclined slightly upwards on their firing rails
9. “Well; when you pulled up and to the right, you looked to be about a mile from the place, and Snotty fired, and launched his rockets
10. I tried to keep track of the number of rockets fired
11. With our new, specialized, ‘weapons-system,’ pilot and wingman could go out, launch rockets, turn around and be back in half an hour
12. Around them, everyone could hear the tell-tale characteristics of rockets smashing into the walls of the building
13. It was more than desperate; it was likely suicidal, but what else was there? Did Beth have the courage and willingness to kill? Could Raul be trusted? Had he changed, becoming his cousin again, or was he still a mindless puppet that would order rockets fired upon his own family? Maybe he came to steal the cocaine, or probably something more cowardly, like fetch him back to Nicaragua to stand trial for the La Palma bombing, but he had no choice other than to trust him
14. “You! You killed her, fried her alive with your traitorous Sandinista rockets
15. with rockets, followed by two airborne assaults using nerve gases Tabun and Sarin
16. After a great display of colored rockets, the Khan and his guests withdrew and the festival was over
17. We would fire red rockets if we achieved all our objectives and green ones if we were in trouble
18. I asked if they had seen my rockets, but apparently they had not
19. I next sent some rockets screaming through the woods
20. I rode back down and sent a signalman with a few rockets to keep an eye on our progress and warn us if the enemy turned and tried to set a trap
21. Eleven rockets and missiles are coming in all directions directly at me at 1000-1500 mph,’ Jaden says in a petrified voice
22. The Russians were ahead of us in the late 1950’s in all aspects of space and rockets
23. We are still developing powerful enough rockets to make it there and back safely and we are in 1996
24. which armed the ejection rockets located directly beneath my backside
25. See, in this regard, Chinese rockets circa
26. overpopulation, or airplanes, or rockets, or cars
27. I was among five people written up: Wallis Annenberg, the daughter of billionaire publisher Walter Annenberg; Phillip Fisher, the son of oil investor Max Fisher; Bernard Petrie, the son of Milton Petrie, the clothing store czar; and John Lennon, whose father manufactured specialized instruments for everything from power plants to NASA rockets
28. 75-inch folding-fin rockets don't hack it
29. You'd cause more damage to the VC jettison�ing the whole damned pod full of rockets on their heads than salvoing the rockets at them
30. 75-inch rockets while a Chunker mounted an M-75 grenade launcher
31. Sounding in the night sky over the sound of the whooshes and cracks of rockets and mortar shells, the base siren shrieked and warbled the note signaling, in case one was in doubt, that Bien Hoa Air Base was now officially in SACON Red II signifying that enemy forces were actually attacking the instal�lation
32. The team had sounded out external security measures, determined the internal layout and positions of defenses, ammo storage, airplane positioning, and officer bunkers in order to determine where to place the aiming stakes and position the rockets and mortars
33. he knew his rockets wouldn’t destroy any military bases, only
34. And, look at this,” he played another segment which showed the Phoenix firing a barrage of rockets at a ship, eventually destroying it
35. They could see small rockets and larger projectiles penetrate their ship's shield and slam into the hull
36. I guess the dead didn’t have to worry about little hazards like being speared by stalactites the size of booster rockets
37. It splits the glass and rockets out into the street
38. The balloon was made more like a floating capsule that hovered in the air; it was equipped with powerful rockets and jet propellers
39. The objects went flying through the air like runaway rockets
40. He often imagines firing rockets from his torso or shooting bullets or small gas bombs from his arms and watching through infrared eyes as his enemies are torn to bloody shreds
41. A sudden jolt signalled that the rockets had fired and they were now free of the station
42. The postman knew that most moon rockets were launched from the Space Centre in America
43. The CIA agent was freed in return for three hundred anti-tank rockets
44. Some carried hand grenades and light anti-tank rockets
45. A stock you own rockets in value
46. All of this is necessary,” Irwin pointed to the factory that was full of shells, rockets and munitions
47. As the air became thinner, the engines in the wings became more like rockets and less like jets as vanes closed to maintain propulsion in the proper direction
48. and Soviet-supplied shoulder held rockets, his forward and
49. took up the hobby of launching model rockets in nearby River-
50. It was shaped like a large oval with a large rectangular structure at the end that housed the black rockets
