force

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      480 words ...force / fôrs / • n. 1. strength or energy as an attribute...physical action or movement: he was thrown backward by the force of the explosion. ∎  Physics an influence tending...regarded as exerting power or influence: he might still be a force for peace and unity. 2. coercion or ...

Drag racing is Force's one and only game.(SPORTS)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  August 15, 1999 ;     700+ words ...1/3 John Force was going to dinner with racing friends...alcoholic beverage. This was not satisfactory to Force. He called a waiter aside and said: I saw...three beers, OK? To make sure it was OK, Force gave the waiter two $100 bills. The waiter...

Salesforce.com Unveils Force.com Development-as-a-Service, World's First...

PR Newswire;  January 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Force.com Development-as-a-Service includes new Force.com IDE, Force.com Metadata API, Force.com Code Share, and Force.com Sandbox Force.com Platform-as-a-Service and Development-as-a-Ser...

How Mass and Force work.(Brief Article)(Column)

Plant Engineering;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Terms such as mass, force, torque, work, power, and energy are frequently encountered...important for calculating how fast objects accelerate when force is applied to them. What is force? One type of force commonly recognized is weight, which is...

Salesforce.com Introduces Force.com Sites, Dramatically Expanding...

PR Newswire;  November 3, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Bringing the power of Force.com to every Web application and Web site Force.com Sites will enable customers to run their Web sites in salesforce.com's cloud Easily publish Force.com data and applications to any Web site - reaching...

Force's new deal is family affair

The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.;  February 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ...POMONA -- John Force's future in drag racing is secure through...opening Winternationals at Pomona Raceway, Force announced he has signed a five-year contract...wheel of the Ford Mustang through 2010. Force is the defending Funny Car champion and...

Force shows teammate he's still Funny Car King.(SPORTS)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  August 19, 1996 ;     700+ words ...John Force's hands and face were smudged with grease...something. Put a steering wheel on this thing.' Force has been dominant in the National Hot Rod...something like, `The dash is caving in on him,' Force said. Scared me to death. I didn't know what...

May the force be with you: effective force testing procedures can capture...

Quality;  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...What is force anyway? George Lucas had it right when he coined the famous phrase, May the force be with you. When battling intergalactic enemies with a light saber, it is definitely best if the force is with you, not against you. The Jedi certainly...

Force sees error of his ways

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 3, 2002 ;     700+ words ...NHRA Force sees error of his ways Driver regroups in time...Tuesday, September 3, 2002 Clermont, Ind. -- John Force rambled on about vitamins and Mexican food during his winner's monologue. Force is wont to do that sort of thing. Yet somehow...

Racing legend Force butts heads with his girls in A&E series

Daily Breeze;  July 31, 2006 ;     589 words ...John Force is introducing his three drag-racing daughters...Now, as he gets to know them, the three Force girls with jaw- dropping good looks are formidable...Anchoring A&E's reality series "Driving Force" is Force, the toothy patriarch and world...

John Force

The Village Voice;  October 30, 2001 ;     700+ words ...John Force is the unlikeliest of racing heroes. This...confines of their race cars. Then there's John Force. To be blunt, the man who has become the...or pretentions. It's all part of who John Force is, and what he represents. And the fans...

Force Corp to keep entertainment centre

The Press;  October 30, 2001 ;     377 words ...Force Corporation is to retain the Force Entertainment Centre in Auckland, after settling a long-running dispute with an Australian investment group. Force, now majority-owned by casino and hotel operator Sky City, will...

Legend Force back in comfort zone

The Topeka Capital-Journal;  May 30, 2004 ;     700+ words ...JOHN FORCE 'THE BOSS' IS BACK SUBMITTED John Force has 111 career victories, 19 more than any other driver, and...from 1990-2002. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NHRA Funny Car legend John Force owns 12 division championships, including 10 straight from 1993-20...

Salesforce.com Delivers New Force.com Toolkit for Google Data APIs, Giving...

PR Newswire;  June 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Force.com Toolkit for Google Data APIs enables developers to bring together the Force.com platform and Google's open APIs Will accelerate the creation...business application development and deployment. The new Force.com Toolkit for Google Data APIs provides a set of tools...

Characteristics of the Force Applied to a Pedal During Human Pushing...

Journal of Motor Behavior;  June 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT. The force seated humans exert on a translationally fixed pedal (foot force) may be directed at any angle because the fixed...objective in the present work was to characterize such force. Participants (N = 7) generated force with their...