Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard's fight is hardly over. The Washington rumor-mills indicate that a new bill, soon to be introduced to the Senate by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.), will not contain a federal preemption clause. And so it looks like Harvard's lobbying experts will have to gear up for even more aggressive efforts...
...defense rested early and both offenses shifted into high gear in the first half. The Crimson jumped out to a 23-13 lead in the opening minutes and maintained an 8-12 point lead throughout the contest until Brandeis closed to within four points late in the game...
...victory kept the Crimson unbeaten and continued a hot streak started at last weekend's Howe Cup, where the "B" team won the trophy and the "A" team performed well. Except perhaps for its van, the women's squash team is in gear...
...also used to bug conversations in nearby rooms or vehicles. Metal resonators buried around a room will vibrate from sounds in the air. The microwaves are bounced off the resonator, carrying the vibrations back to the eavesdropper's receiver. The spoken words are then reproduced electronically. Such gear has allegedly been used for a U.S. surveillance project called Gamma Guppy that has tried to eavesdrop on conversations conducted by members of the Soviet Politburo in their limousines. Another James Bondian device: a laser bug. The laser shoots a narrow stream of light against a window, which will vibrate from...
Nevertheless, the convention is now back in gear and ready to come out of its reading-exam period hibernation with a flurry of activity. The convention has published a statement of purpose and established procedures for deciding which issues to tackle in what order; for turning decisions of the convention into finished pieces of a constitution; for researching student governments of other colleges and past student governments at Harvard, and for publicizing its actions and intentions. Decisions on such questions as the size of the government, the relationship between the government and Harvard's present student-faculty committees...