Word: gear
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many racquets to choose from! Wilson sells not only Hammers but also SledgeHammers. And what of the Head and the Prince? In the years since we bought our racquets, tennis gear has evolved as human beings will over the millenniums: heads are larger, necks longer and body weight is lighter. Meanwhile high- tech jargon is used to justify racquet prices, which have zoomed to the $175-$300 range. I sought guidance from Howard Brody, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and an expert in tennis physics...
...struggle into a heavy orange flight suit. Stuffed into the backpack of the 90-lb. pressure garment was a huge load of survival equipment: a life preserver, an emergency food and water supply, a pair of emergency oxygen bottles, a bouquet of rescue beacons and an array of other gear...
Sony consistently churns out artfully designed high-tech gear. But sometimes even the king of the audio-video world messes up. Take its new Watchman Color TV ($109, due out next month). It's lightweight, looks great, and comes with a clever neckstrap that doubles as an antenna. But painfully poor reception and a tiny 2.2-in. screen make it a better paperweight than...
DRESS The whole kit: business suits for the seminars, skiwear for the slopes and formal gear for a Saturday soiree that stretches into the wee hours...
...black men and women lunge at the suspected killers, enveloping them and oozing onto the surrounding streets like volcanic lava. I have seen the sheer power of their hatred stop eight lanes of traffic and shatter bus windows. I have witnessed walls of white police officers dressed in riot gear equipped with tear gas, dogs and clubs and yet powered by much more. And I have stood between the two, helpless before the baying masses, but rigidly constrained by the iron wall of police...