Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Before the Cantabs got their feet into gear Saturday, however, they suffered a brief--but potentially disastrous--spell of lethargy...
...Jones, the senior fire officer in charge of the 19-member fire-fighting crew, was trying desperately to clear the area. "I kept yelling 'Go! Get out out of the way!' " he said. Jones instructed two of his men, Brian Wilson, 38, and Ronald Beech, 51, to don safety gear and board the Boeing 737 to aid the frenetic evacuation. The firemen had just entered through the door over the right wing when the jet's rear was rattled by an explosion, perhaps caused by the ignition of the oxygen tanks that supply the plane's emergency masks. Seconds later...
...systems are the stars of a home- electronics industry that is suffering through an otherwise trying year. Sales of home computers, the hot item two years ago, have fallen sharply. Conventional turntables have also been moving at a stagnant rate. Manufacturers of audio gear hope that the popularity of CD players will create a resurgence of demand for amplifiers and speakers. Says Tadahiko Nakaoki, a product planner for Japan's Pioneer brand: "Everybody in this business must be relieved deep down in their hearts...
...Customs officials found the garage of Millie McKee, a divorcee living in the San Francisco suburb of Redwood City, stuffed with high-tech gear. Charged with illegally exporting laser components and sophisticated electronics to Switzerland, where authorities believe it was transshipped to the Soviet Union, McKee was given a six-month work release sentence for making a false statement. She described the crime as "all technical violations," like driving 60 m.p.h. in 55 m.p.h. zones. "There's been little fear of heavy sentences. It's more often a slap on the wrist," says Robert McDiarmid, a Santa Clara County private...
...Monsanto Co. of St. Louis, for example, has come up with more than $143,000 in office equipment, laboratory gear and other products. Allied Van Lines has donated haulage of 40 shipments of materials from Monsanto and other companies to schools like John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Ark. So far Roskam has wheeled and dealed in 21 states to produce 200 scholarships. One recipient...