By the early 1960s, US research on the Nike Zeus missile system had developed to the point where small improvements would allow it to be used as the basis of a " real " ABM system.

In 2005, a mock-up of the cover of Minor Threat's first EP ( also used on the First Two 7 " s on a 12 " LP and Complete Discography CD ) was copied by athletic footwear manufacturer Nike for use on a promotional poster for a skateboarding tour called " Major Threat ".

The team used a fire-control radar from a Nike Hercules missile battery to track the shells, which released a cloud of chaff at altitudes up to.

During the Cold War, Moon Township was the location of Nike Site PI-71, which was a battery of Nike Ajax and / or Nike Hercules surface-to-air missiles, used by US armed forces for high – and medium-altitude air defense.

His 1983 NBA All-Star performance of the national anthem was used in a Nike commercial featuring the 2008 US Olympic basketball team.

After the Army closed their facilities, the military housing at the Nike Integrated Fire Control sites was transferred to control of Ellsworth, and was used as Air Force military family housing until about 1990.

The next day, Calvin obtains a pair of old Nike Blazers sneakers from a Salvation Army thrift store that had reportedly been used by a great basketball player, when he was a boy.

Most ARAACOM deployments were around cities and used the 90 mm and 120 mm guns, as well as the Nike Ajax missile defense.

An adapted version of the nuclear armed Nike Zeus was used for an ASAT from 1962.

A great number of the technologies and rocket systems used for developing the Nike Ajax were re-used for a number of functions, many of which were given the " Nike " name ( after Nike, the goddess of victory from Greek mythology ).

The missile's first-stage solid rocket booster became the basis for many types of rocket including the Nike Hercules missile and NASA's Nike Smoke rocket, used for upper-atmosphere research.

For Nike, three radars were used.

Much of the development funding was supplied by the US Air Force, as twistor was to be used as the main memory in the Nike X project.

During the Korean War, the fort was used for the headquarters for anti-aircraft artillery and later Nike missiles.

The Sandy Hook Proving Ground was used by for many years – beginning after the Civil War until 1919, when the facility was moved to Aberdeen, Maryland – and was later the site of a Nike missile defense installation.

The selling of the Air Force Ones online by certain retailers used to be prohibited by Nike who had restricted supply of the sneaker.

The shoe can be custom made in any color, but typically it has either a white or black based background color with almost any color used to fill in the Nike Swoosh and back heel.

Skater Fashion has been used on Hip-Hop scene this 2010-2011 including Knit Caps, Bonnets, Fitted Pants or Shorts, Vans, Nike SB ( Skateboarding ), Shirts with sleeves, Printed Tees ( brands like OBEY, Stussy, Adidas, Supra, Circa, DC, RDS, Emericas ).

During the Cold War, part of Jackson Park contained a Nike Surface-to-Air Missile site and the nearby " Point " was used as its radar station.

The golden statues of Nike were melted down to fund the construction of the ships, and slaves and metics were enlisted to crew the fleet.

Morris has directed hundreds of commercials for various companies and products, including Adidas, AIG, Cisco Systems, Citibank, Kimberly-Clark's Depend brand, Levi's, Miller High Life, Nike, PBS, The Quaker Oats Company, Southern Comfort, EA Sports, Toyota and Volkswagen.

In doing so they have designed and produced, logos and illustrations, shoes, and fashion for the likes of Nike, Adidas, Lamborghini, Coca Cola, Stussy, Sony, Nasdaq and more.

Nike also altered Minor Threat's logo ( designed by Jeff Nelson ) for the same campaign, as well as featuring Nike shoes in the new picture, rather than the combat boots worn by Ian MacKaye's younger brother Alec on the original.

On June 27, 2005, Nike issued a statement apologizing to Minor Threat, Dischord Records, and their fans for the " Major Threat " campaign and said that all promotional artwork ( print and digital ) that they could acquire were destroyed.

Marketing executives from Nike offered Lee a job directing commercials for the company.

A contributor to the growth of sneaker collecting is the continued worldwide popularity of the Air Jordan line of sneakers designed by Nike for Basketball star Michael Jordan.

The DCs also were linked with each other via a " crosstelling " communication network and interfaced with the Army Air Defense Command Posts including 10 Missile Masters for the smaller Nike missile radar networks.

On April 3, 2012, Nike, which took over as the official uniform supplier for the league from Reebok, unveiled new uniform and logo designs for the Seahawks for the 2012 season.

On August 11, 2012, the Seahawks wore their Nike home blue jerseys for the first time against the Tennessee Titans, and on August 18, 2012, they wore their Nike white away jerseys for the first time against the Denver Broncos.

In the first part of the 2000s Nike was the dominant sneaker brand for adults and Sketchers were popular for children.

Another Nike Tomahawk was launched from Johnston Atoll at 11: 32 UTC on October 29, 1968, to scan the LMC for X-rays.

Nike successfully lobbied the legislature for a law that would prohibit their annexation for 99 years.

* Garry Cook ( CEO ) is a British football executive, currently Chief Executive of Manchester City having worked for Nike between 1996 and 2008.

* Organizing support for the special needs of adolescent girls within the UN and many private sector partners with Nike and lead UN Agencies ;

Jocelyn's appearance combines medieval and modern styles, and the armor Kate makes for William is engraved with a symbol resembling the Nike logo.

Examples of the successful use of a differentiation strategy are Hero Honda, Asian Paints, HLL, Nike athletic shoes, Perstorp BioProducts, Apple Computer, and Mercedes-Benz automobiles.

Critics of foreign companies allege, for instance, that firms such as Nike and Gap Inc. resort to child labor and sweatshops in developing nations, paying their workers wages far lower than those that prevail in developed nations ( where the products are sold ).

Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, located just outside of town, was where David Duval won the Nike Tour Championship in 1993, and was home to the U. S. Women's Open in 1997 and 2003.

He also reprised his role as Sonny Crockett for a Nike commercial with LeBron James where the NBA player contemplates acting and appears alongside Johnson on Miami Vice.

Swedish author Gunnar Ekelöf made Nike a central image in his poem Samothrace, written in 1941, where the faceless deity, arms outstretched like sails, is made into a symbol of the fight and the coming victory against Nazism and the struggle for freedom throughout history.

The ubiquitous symbol of the elephant in Indo-Greek coinage may also have been associated with Buddhism, as suggested by the parallel between coins of Antialcidas and Menander II, where the elephant in the coins of Antialcidas holds the same relationship to Zeus and Nike as the Buddhist wheel on the coins of Menander II.

On February 24, 2012 Orlando Department officers where called in with riot-gear to disperse a crowd of over 3, 000 people waiting for the release of the new Nike Galaxy Foams at Foot Locker.

After two years on the Nike Tour where he won twice, he earned his PGA Tour card in 1995.

Recently, " Cherry Cola " was used in a Microsoft Zune commercial, and " Don't Speak " was featured in Epic Movie, where the band is seen playing it live ; in addition, the song was used in a Guy Ritchie-directed Nike ad ahead of UEFA Euro 2008.

The ad mimmicked the highly successful Nike ads where Larry Johnson starred as both himself and " Gramama.

The impact of the frieze can be sought in the Attic relief sculpture of the late 5th century ; this resonance may be discovered to some degree in the public works of the Hephaisteion frieze and the Nike Athena balustrade, where the imagery of the seated gods and the sandal-binder respectively likely owes a debt to the Parthenon.

It provides access to a meadow at Nike Park, where Nike anti-aircraft missiles were set up to defend against Soviet bombers in the Cold War.

Named a First-Team All-American by nearly every publication on the market, Vaughn rounded off his special season with a selection to participate in the prestigious McDonald's All-American Game where he put on a show, scoring only 6 points but amassing 13 assists ( still a McDonald's record ), while also thoroughly outplaying the higher-ranked Livingston once again — this time on a national stage ( they had both matched up against each other in the All-Star Game of the 1992 Nike Camp ), and was named co-MVP with the North Carolina's Jerry Stackhouse in the process.

Verbinski moved from music videos to commercials, where he worked for many brand names including Nike, Coca-Cola, Canon, Skittles and United Airlines.