Nike Definition–noun | 1. | the ancient Greek goddess of victory. | | 2. | one of a series of antiaircraft or antimissile missiles having two or three rocket stages. | |
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in Greek religion, the goddess of victory, daughter of the giant Pallas and of the infernal River Styx. Nike probably did not originally have a separate cult at Athens. As an attribute of both ...
Nike missile
any of a group of U.S. surface-to-air missiles designed in the 1940s and '50s for defense against air attack. The first was Nike Ajax, a two-staged, liquid-fueled missile 6.4 m (21 feet) long. ...
Paeonius
Greek sculptor, native of Mende in Thrace, a contemporary of the sculptors Phidias and Polyclitus.Victoria
in Roman religion, personification of victory, the equivalent of the Greek goddess Nike. She was often associated with Jupiter, Mars, and other deities and was especially worshipped by the army. In ...
Callicrates
Athenian architect who designed the Temple of Athena Nike on the Athenian Acropolis and, with Ictinus, the Parthenon.Bowerman, Bill
American coach, inventor, and entrepreneur who while serving (1949-72) as coach of the track team at the University of Oregon led teams to four National Collegiate Athletic Association titles (1962, ...
Chiat, (Morton) Jay
American advertising executive (b. Oct. 25, 1931, Bronx, N.Y.-d. April 23, 2002, Marina del Rey, Calif.), was the creative mind behind the "1984" television commercial for Apple's Macintosh personal ...
Business and Industry Review
Faced with a dwindling number of merchants and dramatic decreases in same-store sales in the fourth quarter of 1995, many shoe companies were faced in 1996 with the strategy of wooing retailers and ...
Business and Industry Review
By 1998 the financial crisis in Asia prompted both Nike Inc., which reported a more than 50% decline in futures orders from the region, and Reebok International Ltd. to lower their earnings estimates ...
Business and Industry Review
It was a year for big deals in 1997 as footwear makers signed licensing agreements, pursued designer alliances, and negotiated endorsement contracts. Stride Rite Corp., owner of the rights to the ...
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