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Goddard

[god-erd]

noun

  1. Robert Hutchings 1882–1945, U.S. physicist: pioneer in rocketry.



Goddard

/ ˈɡɒdɑːd /

noun

  1. Robert Hutchings. 1882–1945, US physicist. He made the first workable liquid-fuelled rocket

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Goddard

  1. American physicist who developed numerous rockets and rocket devices, including the first successful liquid-fueled rocket (1926), the first instrument-carrying rocket that could make observations in flight (1929), and the first rockets to exceed the speed of sound.

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If the title holds much resonance today it’s because it was remade in 1939 as a sound film starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard.

That prompted a response from one of the abuse survivors, Fiona Goddard who said "for Phillips to suggest that any accusations of the scope being expanded .. is untrue is a lie and she knows it".

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Responding to the resignations of Ms Goddard and Ms Reynolds in the House of Commons, Phillips said she regretted the departure of the two women but added: "My door is always open to them."

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Ms Goddard and Ms Reynolds had raised concerns about the suitability of the candidates shortlisted to chair the inquiry.

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Fiona Goddard, who was abused by gangs of men while living in a children's home in Bradford, said she was failed "multiple times" by social services and police.

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