Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...flight physical, sat through four hours of indoctrination, spent an hour in the altitude chamber breathing oxygen under pressure, finally tried out an ejection seat (it hurled him 15 ft. into the air). After that he put on a flying suit, g suit and the rest of the gear to find out How to Go Weightless. See MEDICINE...
Second Thoughts. As the crisis lengthened, the usefulness of all-out U.S. aid to Chamoun's regime became more and more questionable. The U.S. police gear and tanks arriving by plane and ship seemed unlikely to promote order where order finally depends on a balance between religious, social and political forces none of which is strong enough to dominate the country...
...After the attacks," said Frondizi, "there were oil slicks on the surface of the sea as when a submarine is damaged." Sonar gear aboard the Argentine ships established that the unidentified sub was a "high-speed" modern craft, i.e., U.S., British or Russian...
...never try hard," said Vag as he released the clutch. He kept his gas pedal floored as he whirled his way from first to second and then to third gear. At the peak of the hill he downshifted and screeched into the first turn into the circle. Through the turn he went into third and then, entering the far turn, he downshifted again, waved to a photographer, smiled at the girl who waved the green flag, and screeched off. A few moments later he stepped out of the car and heard his time announced on the public address system...
...stories that have helped the picture weekly Apu to achieve the largest magazine circulation (230,000) in Finland. In the course of his reporting chores, Jämsä has charmed a cobra, parachuted from 13,000 ft., tamed a lion, dived in a frogman's gear to a dangerous depth of 200 ft., and was stopped only by open water in an attempt to ski across the Baltic Sea from Finland to Sweden. Other Jämsä stunts...