Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...discreet, almost public-service messages on a Philadelphia classical-music station by Rawle & Henderson, the nation's oldest firm, to the outrageous grabbers of Ken Hur of Madison, Wis., the acknowledged "clown prince of adtorneys." The 300-lb. Hur's most famous TV commercial features him in | bejeweled scuba gear climbing out of a lake and urging those who are "in over their heads" to seek bankruptcy counseling at his Legal Clinic. His next TV offering will show a condemned prisoner (Hur) being asked, "Any last words, my son?" Hur turns to the camera and answers, "I should have called...
...firemen in black-and-yellow gear crept on their arms and knees along the sidewalk, hoses coiling behind them, police in blue jumpsuits ran from doorway to doorway and, as some observers claimed, paused to return gunfire from the Move house with an array of shotguns and automatic weapons. Cameraman Pete Kane of Channel 10, a local CBS affiliate, watched the action from an upper story window just 100 yds. from Move's headquarters. "Debris was flying everywhere," he says. "Entire trees were exploding in fire." As night fell, the flames tinged the Philadelphia horizon red. Finally...
...major question hanging over SDI is how to test its parts without violating the 1972 treaty with the Soviets that bans development of antiballistic missile systems. The Pentagon plans to test on the ground some gear intended for use in space and break up trials of SDI "components" into tests of + "subcomponents." The treaty forbids space tests and allows only very limited testing of antimissile components, but it says nothing about subcomponents. Thus in Washington's interpretation subcomponent tests are permitted, though the Pentagon concedes this is a "gray area." In addition, the U.S. argues that the Soviets have repeatedly...
...Oilers, hoping to repeat as National Hockey League champions, were looking to put their powerful offense into gear from the outset of the best-of-seven series. The Flyers, with only one player with previous experience in the championship round, wanted to keep it tight...
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, already beset by unrest in the states of Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir, immediately called his Cabinet into emergency session and ordered special security measures. Police leaves were canceled and troops in battle gear called in to patrol sensitive areas of the capital, particularly the sections along the Yamuna River that have large Sikh populations. President Zail Singh, himself a Sikh, called off a planned state visit to Zambia to be on hand in what the government considered a major emergency...