Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hand were many familiar faces, some soon to be seen around the halls of Congress no more. Big, bronzed lame-duck Scott Lucas, after a visit to the White House, went through the motions of majority leader. His gear was all packed. He will be at home in Havana, Ill. after Jan. 3, practicing law. Pennsylvania's Francis J. Myers, the majority whip, was equally relaxed: he will soon be a Philadelphia lawyer again...
James V. Farrell, in charge of athletic gear at Dillon, said that University maintenance squads were able to repair damage in time to begin work at the regular hour...
Before she became a minesweeper, the U.S.S. Magpie worked in the California fishing fleet as a dragger or purse seiner, and she was known as the City of San Pedro. In 1936 the Navy bought her and 20 sister boats, gave them each a 3-in. gun, gear to catch something more deadly than tuna, and names from the birds, such as Bunting, Crossbill, Crow, Puffin and Heath Hen. They all had wooden hulls, so thin that a dummy torpedo dropped in practice from a plane once sank one. Still, the Magpie and her sisters, not without casualties, served...
...most of the U.S., September is a time for packing bathing suits away for the winter. Not so for California's Fred Cole. Last week he was showing off his Cole of California swimming gear for the 1951 season...
...would think that the main purpose of a safari to the moon would to take photographs and collect certain scientific specimens and data for the folks back home. But after moseying around the moon for a while, this delegation finds it must dispense with all expendable gear so that it can make the return trip. Thus, cameras and all sorts of equipment are jettisoned right there on the moon and one of the group even considers jettisoning himself to insure the safety of his fellows...