Word: gear
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...splendidly appointed room graced with a Roy Lichtenstein. Noshing bagels, they obediently await the less punctual arrival of their host and boss, Ronald Perelman, 51, the petulant billionaire-about-town whose empire includes banks, television stations and Revlon cosmetics-as well as holdings such as Coleman camping gear and Pantry Pride supermarkets that are less likely to get him on the pages of Vanity Fair...
...truth is very few members of the Michigan Militia, or most of the other armed cadres out there, pose a threat to the security of the U.S. These groups are generally made up of harmless weekend warriors who like to parade around in military gear, relive war memories and pretend that their weapons give them some real control of their lives...
...with the Federal Election Commission, one based in California and one in suburban Washington. Andrew DiMarco, a California lawyer, calls his outfit the Draft Committee for Colin Powell's Army. So far he's collected 13,400 signatures urging Powell to run, but his drive is going into low gear until Powell gives some clearer sign of his intentions. The other committee is the Exploratory Draft Colin Powell for President Committee, led by a group of black Republicans. They have sent a letter to Powell urging him to run, appointed regional and state coordinators and printed bumper stickers and buttons...
...photos revealed four hours before the plane was hit that Serb SA-6 missile battery had moved into the flyover area. Just minutes before impact, an American U-2 plane detected a brief burst of radar from the battery, revealing its position. But a command plane lacking crucial communications gear was unable to relay the message to O'Grady. Pentagon officials will present the report to Congress tomorrow...
...bring extensive snow gear. Gloves, hats with ear flaps, duck boots, earmuffs, snow-shoes, scarves, parkas--the whole works. When it stops raining, it snows here. A lot. If you don't know how to walk on ice, you will learn...