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Word: geared (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Businessmen who have wondered when -if ever-those "Soaring Sixties" would finally begin to soar got a bullish answer last week from Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon. Said Dillon: ''It is probable that by this time next year, our economy will be in high gear. We may well be in the midst of an economic boom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: State of Business: Calm Before the Boom | 6/30/1961 | See Source »

...hard-boiled a disciplinarian as exists in the high command of the U.S. armed forces. But he is renowned for backing his men when they make understandable mistakes-so long as the same mistake is never made twice. Off duty, he carries long-range, single-side-band ham radio gear on trips, collects guns, drives a Mercedes 3005L and hunts big game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Armed Forces: New Air Chief | 6/2/1961 | See Source »

...installed or on order 2,800 Pinspotters in 17 foreign countries, counts on the nascent global bowling boom to substantially increase its 1960 overseas sales of $22 million. To expand its line of recreational equipment, AMF has bought W. J. Voit Rubber Corp. (tread rubber, scuba gear), Ben Hogan Co. (golfing equipment), and Wen-Mac Corp. (engine-powered toy airplanes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: Diversified Success | 5/19/1961 | See Source »

...filet mignon wrapped in bacon was characteristic of the substantial but lowresidue diet that astronauts stick to when about to make a flight. After eating, Shepard got an elaborate physical examination. Everything was normal; so he moved to the suiting room to get into his space gear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Freedom's Flight | 5/12/1961 | See Source »

...Disaster. For the first time in the tensest quarter-hour of his life, Alan Shepard could afford to forget the intricate complex of rescue gear that had been guarding his path from Pad 5 to U.S.S. Lake Champlain. Few men in history have been watched over so cautiously. Long before he blasted off, Astronaut Shepard had become the focus of a vast deployment of equipment and personnel. Everything imaginable had been done to ensure his safety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Freedom's Flight | 5/12/1961 | See Source »

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