Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson Swimming Machine has any chance of getting back in gear, it must do so tonight. With strong events like the 100 backstroke on the slate, it could...
While the plane was making its final approach to Philadelphia International Airport, it had problems with its landing gear. After circling the city for 45 minutes, the plane finally made an emergency landing--with the Crimson players in crash position...
...Coast Guard has also demanded its share of the antidrug gear; it has managed to secure two of the four Hawkeyes for use on the East Coast, cutting the Southwest air surveillance. Amid all this tension, Peter Kendig, chief of the Customs Aviation Operations branch in San Diego, protests that "nobody knows who is in charge...
Commissioner Von Raab insists these complaints are premature. "We're pouring in millions," he declares, while predicting that the new gear and personnel will soon be visible. Von Raab says that "hundreds" of secure "voice-privacy" radios are being shipped to the Southwest and that 400 new Customs employees -- a 40% increase -- will be on the job within four months. Despite the cumbersome process of awarding contracts, he promised that radar planes and balloons will be in operation by next year...
WASHINGTON--Administrators representing 90 U.S. universities will weigh offers of land, buildings and other enticements next week as Japanese recruiters mount a high-gear campaign to attract American campuses...