Word: gearing
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Network anchors have become frequent fliers partly because of the increasingly portable technology of television. Compact editing and control- room equipment and other video gear can now be transported across the globe without great difficulty. If satellite transmission stations are not available locally, they can be packed up and shipped in. Instant satellite hookups last week made possible such scenes as ABC Commentator George Will sparring with Soviet Journalist Vladimir Posner in Moscow, and President Corazon Aquino in the Philippines being interviewed by Dan Rather in the farm belt...
Ever since 1912 when Leon L. Bean did a mail out to every Maine hunting license holder to sell hunting boots, Bean's has been selling outdoor gear in Freeport. The soles peeled off of ninety of his first 100 pairs of now ubiquitous duck boots, according to company lore and advertising, and he gave the buyers back their money...
...ships has been slackening since the mid-1970s, when oil prices went up and industrial countries began cutting back their imports. At the same time, shippers were taking delivery of huge fleets of carriers they had ordered when times were better. These modern craft, which feature highly automated loading gear, aggravate the surplus because they spend less time in port...
...balance the budget by 1991. Unless Congress and the White ^ House can fashion a budget that reduces the federal deficit (now estimated at more than $220 billion for fiscal 1986, which began last October) to $144 billion for fiscal 1987, the infernal machinery of Gramm-Rudman will grind into gear, indiscriminately slashing some domestic programs by as much as 25%. It is a prospect that calls for compromise, yet neither side is rushing to make the first move. Instead, the Hill and the White House seem locked in a long and drawn-out game of chicken...
...Tenth Mountain Division Trail stretches 40 miles from Aspen toward Vail. Begun in 1982, the path winds past three high-altitude huts (the largest sleeps 20), with another six on the way if the U.S. Forest Service approves extending the course the full 79 miles to Vail. Stoves, cooking gear and mattresses are provided in the huts, but skiers must lug their own food and sleeping bags. The price: $12 a person each night. Despite the rigors of the high-country jaunt, 3,500 skiers are expected to use the huts this season, up from 1,700 three years...