Where a C-class motor from Estes puts out the equivalent of 2 pounds of thrust for one second, an H-class motor--the entry point to high-power rocketry--puts out 55 pounds.

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Still, Michael Kurtz, chief Asia strategist at Nomura Holdings, noted that Hong Kong's H-shares have reached the point where they are Asia's cheapest in terms of their forward price-to-earnings ratio, at 8.4 times, compared to a 10-year historical average of 12.6 times.

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Step back to 1988, when Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis walked out of the July Democratic convention with his party's nomination and a 20-point lead in the polls over George H.

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H-P deemed this sum "not material, " which is beside the point.

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