Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...decided it was high time to pay tribute to Snoopy, pilot par excellence and fearless scourge of the Red Baron. As the peerless pup's creator, Cartoonist Charles Schulz, stood at attention, they gave him a pair of gold wings and a picture of Snoopy in fighter-pilot gear. It was too bad that Snoopy could not be there in person, said Schulz. "He's on his way to the moon. The last time I heard from him, he was over Petaluma, and he told me, 'You can tell when I'm on my return because...
...that would list for less than $2,000. To do that-and still allow dealers a reasonable 17% profit (v. the usual 21% to 25% markup)-Ford had to pare the tooling costs. So it built an eclectic car. Maverick owes its front suspension to the Mustang; the steering gear comes straight from the Fairlane; the standard 105-h.p. six-cylinder engine and the rear axle were borrowed from the Falcon. Even so, Maverick's development costs added up to a hefty $71 million. By contrast, the initial bill for the Mustang, which was engineered for cheaper, single-plant...
...spice that a suggestion of danger lends; the satisfaction of working the winds and tides to the best advantage; the feeling of achievement when a strange coast or harbor has been reached under sail; and the never-ending fascination of handling and looking after a seaworthy yacht and her gear...
...still decks himself out with kazoo, tambourine and drum for his concert dates, and operates with all the style that nearly $4,000 a week allows. Next week Partridge will take all his gear along to the U.S. to promote the new Tom Courtenay film Otley, in which he sings the song Homeless Bones on the sound track. Unless his fortunes ebb, his busking days are over. "It became too embarrassing," he says. After the success of Rosie, people started recognizing him as a celebrity. But instead of dropping less in his hat, they gave more. He still does...
...assignment? And why, once he had been given command, was he not allowed access to the classified material for which he might ultimately be responsible? Why was an ancient rust bucket like Pueblo chosen for conversion into a spy ship? Why were Bucher's requests for essential gear and weaponry repeatedly turned down? Why, if the Navy lacked the money to equip the ship properly, was Pueblo stationed off North Korea in the first place? Why no air cover? And why did the Navy steadfastly assume that North Korea, which is not a naval power and has no strategic...