Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...these entrants ride touring bikes, while three sets will go tandem. The rest have been discussing gear ratios avidly for the past week...
Woops! There it goes again. The first division, the American balloon tire, no gear, bikes just left. My stomach feels tight, but I'm calm. I'll limber...
...didn't jump that time. Those were the touring bikes. Just lots of those three gear jobs. All clean and wholesome looking...
...four-day visit threw Russia's much-advertised Indian trade drive into high gear. In the next three years Russia will not only build a 1,000,000-ton steel mill at Bhilai, Central India, but also supply India with a million tons of steel, almost a third of the country's imports under its second five-year plan. Together with shipments of cement, coal-mining and other machinery, this will build a $300 million to $500 million Russian credit in New Delhi...
...Juilliard President William Schuman's revised Violin Concerto, played by Isaac Stern and the fine student orchestra, firmly led by Jean Morel. The concerto moved under a powerful drive (oldfashioned gear shift, not fluid) that led it into some stunning effects of developing tension. The violin was almost continually active, but it was frequently drowned in the tricky accompaniment; before it was over, the work had turned into a fancy juggling...