Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dressing Room 5 of the Omni Coliseum, Zirinsky and Bradley don their battle gear: battery packs around their waists, headsets and microphones. They have spent the evening prowling the floor stalking stories. Bradley agreed to cover the convention only on condition that Zirinsky be his producer. "She's got a good nose for news," he says, "and she's fun to be with...
...while, all went well. A source who was involved says that Lackner supplied Hazeltine, through Parkin, with invaluable "market intelligence" on the Navy's needs for IFF gear, much of the information either internal or leaked before it was supposed to be made public. (Hazeltine denies receiving any inside dope.) Parkin, says TIME's source, did not bother to ask Lackner where he was getting his stuff; perhaps he did not want to know. Lackner acknowledges getting information about IFF from Berlin, but contends that he broke no laws...
...result is two aircraft that are every bit as revolutionary as they look. Except for its landing gear, engine mounts and a handful of other components, the Beech Starship is constructed entirely of composite synthetics -- graphite fabric wrapped around honeycombed Nomex, a nylon-like material used in fireproof clothing. This makes the twin-engine plane lighter and stronger than similar craft constructed, in the conventional manner, of aluminum...
Founded by Khazei and Brown, this "urban Peace Corps" program will get into full gear in a few weeks. Although it was developed from an idea to a reality just this year, City Year has drawn together a working group which includes recent graduates and students of Harvard College, Law, Business and Kennedy Schools. Equally critical to making the City Year experiment fly is its impressive and expanding group of advisors and sponsors, which includes former U.S. Senator Paul Tsongas, Radcliffe President Matina S. Horner and the Bank of Boston...
From the halls of Montezuma to the beaches of Grenada, the U.S. Marines have depended more on the courage of individual fighting men than on fancy combat gear. But in an era of smart bombs and guided missiles, even the Leathernecks are reaching for high-tech equipment to get the job done. Last week the Corps unveiled a revolutionary "tilt-rotor" aircraft designed to dominate the modern battlefield. Known as the Osprey, it will take off and land vertically like a helicopter but fly as fast as a conventional plane. It will do all this, the Corps proclaims, by tilting...