Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Fishnet Underwear. Camping-equipment sales testify dramatically to the new backpacking boom. Manufacturers report rocketing increases of as much as 400% in the past five years, mostly in sales of improved gear, which makes it possible for a hiker to hit the trail without lunging and stooping with the weight of an old-style canvas rucksack on a wooden frame. Now he can sport a rip-proof nylon bag and an aluminum or magnesium carrier, which -j have shaved down the weight of an av! erage unloaded pack from 12 Ibs. to 2 Ibs. In addition, the pack frame...
...jimmied door leading into the shadowy offices of the Democratic National Committee on the sixth floor. Just outside Chairman Larry O'Brien's inner sanctum, they flushed five men wearing fingerprint-concealing surgical gloves and laden with a James Bondian assortment of cameras, tools, intricate electronic bugging gear and $6,500 in crisp, new bills, most of which were serially numbered...
Kissinger reported frequently to President Nixon, using special communications gear aboard the presidential 707 that had brought him to Peking. Kissinger discussed the Moscow summit with the Chinese, along with his own recent trip to Japan, and is said to have assured them that at neither meeting was any agreement made that interfered with China's national interests. Presumably he also discussed recent agreements between Moscow and Washington, including the SALT accord. But the principal subject of the talks-and the reason that had brought Kissinger to Peking-was Viet Nam and a U.S. request that the Chinese help...
...double to $700 million. Already the kibbutz factories account for 35% of Israel's total plastics production, and in the past four years output has risen 30% annually. Factories that manufacture electronic equipment, such as radiation detection instruments, are growing even faster. Since 1968 the production of electronic gear has increased 40% annually...
...suspense. But visions of Chicago in 1968 are still fresh, and many editors feel that more staff may actually be needed for the G.O.P. meeting, which is likely to attract more protesters and carry a higher potential for violence. As a precaution, the Washington Star will have such riot gear as hard hats and gas masks available for its staff at both conventions...