Skyrockets

Parnell also broke new ground by hiring a dance band called the Skyrockets, instead of the usual pit orchestra, where players came and went.

Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography Bothroyd, Betty 1988

The "Skyrockets" had barely the patience to hear him out, and the moment he had done, Parson started to his feet, and shouted, "Mr Chairman and gentlemen, I beg to move an amendment --"

The Willoughby Captains Talbot Baines Reed 1872

Bosher, King, and Wakefield, called the "Skyrockets," whose object was to look after the interests of the juniors all over the school, and who would be glad to receive fresh members at one shilling a head?

The Willoughby Captains Talbot Baines Reed 1872

He came up with "Skyrockets," which this newspaper shortened to "Rockets" in a headline

Independent Collegian RSS 2009

If you think "Skyrockets" sounds weird, though, then how about "The Toledo Universi-Teaser"?

Independent Collegian RSS 2009

Despite UT's 32-12 loss, the student labeled the team "Skyrockets," obviously impressed by his alma mater's flashy performance against a superior team.

SwampBubbles - News, Politics, Reports 2009

As a kid, I had no clue whatsoever what the song was about--I only thought the whole "Skyrockets in flight" thing was cool, being nuts for fireworks, never stopping to consider the impossibility of enjoying the visual spectacle during a sunlit afternoon.

Archive 2010-05-01 2010

As a kid, I had no clue whatsoever what the song was about--I only thought the whole "Skyrockets in flight" thing was cool, being nuts for fireworks, never stopping to consider the impossibility of enjoying the visual spectacle during a sunlit afternoon.

Jayme Lynn Blaschke's Gibberish 2010

This is but one example of the patently misleading and self serving explanations for every jump in the price of oil, blindly being mimicked ad nauseum by the media as in the New York Times ( "As the Dollar Sinks Oil Skyrockets" 10.22.09) and its endless incantations on CNBC as elsewhere (also please see "A Short Tutorial On the High Price of Oil and the Falling Dollar" 10.19.07).

Raymond J. Learsy: Oil's Massive Price Distortion Militates the Reconvening of the 1970s Federal Oil Price Task Force 2010

That helps the "Skyrockets in Flight!!!!!" start exiting my brain.

Harsh Hillary Robocall Accuses Obama Of Lying About His Position On Second Amendment 2009