Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...safety measures, Bozer said that contestants are required to wear head gear, 12 oz. gloves and a cup athletic supporter. In addition, he stressed that each match was officiated by an Amateur Athletic Union referee, and that a doctor was present at ringside...
...they gear up their re-election campaigns, Republicans in Congress are increasingly nervous. So far this year, four special elections have been held to fill House vacancies in normally G.O.P. districts, and in all of them Watergate was an inescapable and damaging issue for the party. Largely because of Watergate, Republicans lost congressional races in Pennsylvania and Michigan in February. Last week they won an election in Southern California-but only narrowly and in part because their candidate dissociated himself from Richard Nixon. On the same day, the party lost a psychologically important congressional race in staunchly Republican Cincinnati. Warns...
Military Power. Panicked by the revolt, Aklilu Hapte Wold, who had been Prime Minister since 1961, quit, as did his entire Cabinet. When the Emperor did not immediately accept Aklilu's resignation, dissident soldiers in full battle gear moved into the capital's streets. In a show of strength, they took control of Addis Ababa's banks, its airport and key buildings. At that point, Haile Selassie capitulated. Appearing once more on radio and TV, he granted the armed forces virtually the entire pay raise they had demanded, pledged no reprisals and designated a popular career diplomat...
...daily Ha'aretz, "a devaluation in leadership ability, devaluation in spirit, in values, in morale, in faith and self-confidence." Traditionally respected as the savior of the nation, even the army has come under attack for incompetence. Following a hue and cry about the lack of cold-weather gear for soldiers on the frosty Golan Heights, civilian volunteers and even tourists went up to the front to distribute American parkas, long underwear and woolen socks. The government is understandably apprehensive about the upcoming report of a blue-ribbon commission investigating the army's shortcomings...
Loaded with gear and used for antisubmarine warfare, the monster would not make the American seaborne nuclear deterrent vulnerable overnight. But the strange aircraft would give the Russians a new and ominous means of hunting the U.S. Polaris/Poseidon and Trident submarines as they cruise in the silent depths of the seven seas...