Word: geared
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When this issue first arose, a number of workers and students told us that conditions in factories making Harvard-licensed clothes were often unsafe and unlawful. Our licensees (including Champion and Gear for Sports, which together account for most of our licensing income) told us that, by and large, this was not so, and that they had serious monitoring and enforcement programs to ensure that workers were not disadvantaged...
...week ago, more than 50 police officers dressed in full riot gear forcibly ended a four-day sit-in at the University of Wisconsin, using saws to break apart a group of students who chained themselves together with bicycle U-locks around their necks, after earlier dispersing protesters with pepper spray...
Last spring, the University adopted a policy of full disclosure for all its licensees. The two biggest manufacturers of Harvard apparel, Champion Inc. and Gear for Sports, have already complied...
NAME: Bob ("The Gooch") Guccione Jr. OCCUPATION: Producer of anti-intellectual magazines BEST PUNCH: Listed Spelling as a senior editor in an issue of Gear magazine featuring a semi-nude Jessica Biel, 17, star of the wholesome Spelling-produced show Seventh Heaven...
...hall? And as dope as that party was, wasnit there just a little something...missing? This is where Beetlejuice comes in. For the modest fee of $600 an hour (plus transportation), he will entertain your guests by dressing up in a Superman suit, putting on full protective gear, and letting you and every single last one of your guests grab him (he is also equipped with two handles) and toss him as far as you possibly can. He emerges unscathed due to the protective gear and two queen-sized (recently updated to king size) air mattresses on which he lands...