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ROME—Italy tried to stem the rocketlike ascent of its borrowing costs, with lawmakers vowing to approve a key economic bill by Sunday and the president laying the groundwork for respected economist Mario Monti to lead an emergency government to steer the nation through the its debt crisis.

Italy Hastens Last-Ditch Budget Cuts Christopher Emsden 2011

The $100 million, 1,012-foot needle will feature an indoor African lion park, four wedding chapels, a revolving restaurant, a glass-bottomed observation deck and a rocketlike thrill ride.

Circus Maximus 2008

While the resounding defeat of Gary Condit absorbed much of the media attention Tuesday, Simon's rocketlike launch into California politics will play out for months -- if not years -- to come.

Bill Who? 2007

One of his dive buddies tried to grab him, and pumped up his own buoyancy to counter the first diver's negative buoyancy, at which point the first diver developed a problem with his air supply and panicked, and the second diver lost his grip and, now being very buoyant, commenced a rocketlike trajectory to the surface.

Fear Walter Jon Williams 2006

With my chin tucked tight, I lowered my head and aimed for his center, rocketlike.

Tell No One Coben, Harlan, 1962- 2001

With my chin tucked tight, I lowered my head and aimed for his center, rocketlike.

Tell No One Coben, Harlan, 1962- 2001

The key point is that it was extraordinary conditions, not rapidly growing small-sized firms, that accounted for the rocketlike returns.

Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Next Generation David Dreman 1998

The key point is that it was extraordinary conditions, not rapidly growing small-sized firms, that accounted for the rocketlike returns.

Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Next Generation David Dreman 1998

The muzzle belched a stream of flame at the field; the rocketlike backblast exploded a cloud of dust.

ONE SHOT-ONE KILL CHARLES W. SASSER CRAIG ROBERTS 1990

Yet those distant fires and rocketlike blasts into the sky had a wavery blur.

Key Out of Time Andre Norton 1958