Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Western world. Now the Pentagon is widening its sales push to some 60 nations whose economies are strong enough so that they can help finance their own security. This year the program is expected to bring a 25% increase in orders for everything from missiles to navigation gear...
...military boss (and victor of Dienbienphu), General Vo Nguyen Giap. They are trucked to the port of Vinh for staging, thence southwest to the border area, where they turn in all personal effects, including letters, which could identify them. The infiltrators exchange their equipment for guerrilla gear (such as rubber sandals, mosquito netting) and doff uniforms for the black-pajama garb of the Viet Cong...
...million in new revenues by hiking certain "user" taxes-including an additional 2?-per-gallon levy on commercial aviation gasoline and a new 2% tax on air freight. But above all, the President is counting on increased spending, both private and governmental, to keep the economy in high gear and thus generate increases in taxable personal income and corporate profits...
Last week Iacocca got his reward. Piling his personal gear into a bright red Mustang, he sped the half-mile from his office to corporate headquarters in Dearborn, where he moved into the vacant office of group vice president, Iacocca, an executive noted for his hard salesmanship, will not only be in charge of all Ford cars and trucks -accounting for 80% of the company's sales-but of Ford of Canada and Lincoln-Mercury...
...little bit o' plastic" record that the Beatles sent their fans free for Christmas. Meanwhile, back in London's Odeon Theater, the furry foursome made their first onstage scene since Ringo had his tonsils clipped. Surprise again. This time the mops were all covered up with Eskimo gear. But everybody knew who they were the minute they cranked up to shoot down Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer...