Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Martin was confronted with unusually chill, murky, turbulent Gulf waters when he arrived in Morgan City, La., to photograph the diving bell Cachalot. Seeking clear water for picture taking, crewmen maneuvered the diving barge bearing Cachalot far out in the Gulf, where a modern Russian trawler with sophisticated electronic gear lurked near by with obvious curiosity about what was going on. The Cachalot was dangled beneath the surface from a 100-ft. boom while Martin, insulated by a hooded wet suit, tried to focus on it. When a wave swell, of which he in the ocean depths was unaware, caused...
...absence of U.S. competition, Russia has won new customers in the Mideast who had previously bought only Western wares. It has made a deal to sell $110 million in military trucks and assorted gear to the Shah of Iran, is rearming the Sudanese army, which previously used British equipment, and may even find a client in Jordan's pro-Western King Hussein, who has not yet received from the U.S. the 36 Lockheed Starfighters that he had ordered before the June conflict. In the wake of the Egyptian withdrawal from Yemen, Russia has also swiftly increased its presence...
...defense. The Packer "front four," led by All-Pro End Willie Davis, is one of the strongest in history-although the Raiders boast some fearsome pass rushers of their own, notably Tackle Tom Keating, a 247-pounder who runs 40 yds. in 5.3 sec. in his football gear. Therein lies a certain danger. Confident of this rush, Oakland's cocky cornerbacks have developed the habit of playing opposing pass receivers extremely tight to cut off the short pass, assuming that there won't be a long one. It is a tactic that could backfire against Oakland, considering...
Clark himself admits that "the cornering is not yet what I'd like it to be," and says that if the engine is tuned too high, "you get wheelspin even at 6,000 r.p.m. in top gear." Still, shrugs Jim, who has never had a serious shunt, "I don't see any special danger in the car-insofar as danger...
...with an initial $170,000 stake. But technology was B.B.C.'s real dowry. The firm built a pioneering standard-gauge electric locomotive in 1899, rolled a long way with the expansion of European railroads, and soon began turning out early designs in circuit breakers, turbines and other heavy gear. And while its labs now work on cryogenics, lasers and other new technologies, B.B.C. continues to improve the old ones. A recent B.B.C. breakthrough in rotor-blade design will permit its American Electric turbines to use low-pressure, nuclear-fired steam and turn at a slow 1,800 r.p.m. while...