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Word: gearing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Following the Brown game, Yale junior defenseman Dave Starkman put away his gear and decided not to finish the season. He plans to graduate next January and as coach Paul Lufkin explained. "He felt that with the team removed from playoff contention, his spot could be better filled by someone else...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Icemen Take On Eli Six In Tune Up for ECAC's | 3/3/1973 | See Source »

Norm Howarth provided the offense for Brown, tallying at 3:35 on a powerplay and at 7:11. The Harvard fans, not wishing to be outdone by these Providence rowdies, began to swing into gear, rallying the Crimson icemen...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Crimson Icemen Upend Scrappy Brown Six, 6-2 | 3/1/1973 | See Source »

Endsweep, commanded by Rear Admiral Brian McCauley, will use some new minesweeping vehicles, about 50 of the huge Sikorsky "Sea Stallion" helicopters. Normally equipped with two 2,850-h.p. engines, the eleven-ton Sea Stallion has the strength to haul the heavy and complicated electronic gear needed for locating and detonating mines. There are four methods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Clearing the Mines | 2/12/1973 | See Source »

...many other games this season, the cagers were erratic. At times the fastbreak was in high gear, with Harvard leaving Yale's team looking on helplessly at the other end of the floor. At other times, the offense sputtered as the cagers committed 26 turnovers during the contest...

Author: By Douglas E. Schoen, | Title: Cagers Muster Win Over Yale, 89-86 | 2/10/1973 | See Source »

...Nigeria is so expensive that the 707 might have been carrying an extra supply. Even though it was an estimated 10,000 Ibs. below its permissible landing weight of 247,000 Ibs., the heavy plane might have crumpled the runway. The resulting hole could have caused the landing gear to collapse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DISASTERS: End of a Pilgrimage | 2/5/1973 | See Source »

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