Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nevertheless, as the early 1984 models continued to roll onto dealers' lots last week, Detroit was still not comfortably in high gear. One big reason: U.S. automakers have yet to show that they can compete effectively against attractively priced, high-quality imports. Japanese cars, in particular, cost on average about $2,000 less to build than American autos and now claim 21.5% of the U.S. market, against 6.6% in 1973. Only so-called voluntary restraints have kept reading Japanese firms like Nissan and Toyota from capturing a far larger share of the American business...
...question the intelligence of people who subscribe to a cable security service [Sept. 12] that has electronic access to their homes. I would rather do without my stereo, TV and camera gear than have Big Brother watching me watch...
...their part, the Soviets at one point assembled a dozen fishing and naval auxiliary vessels and apparently tried a concerted sweep of the ocean floor in the search area, using some kind of trawling gear. They were not observed to bring up anything. Nonetheless, the Soviets told Japan that they had "documents and articles" from Flight 007 that they will turn over to the Japanese this week...
...dashed at one of the searching U.S. ships, sometimes stopping dead in the water directly in front of it. At other times, Soviet ships would run closely parallel to the U.S. vessels, using the sounds of their engines and propellers to drown out reception from the U.S. underwater listening gear. The U.S. task force commander, Rear Admiral William A. Cockell Jr., told TIME's Tokyo bureau chief Edwin Reingold, "In some cases our ships have had to back off." When they did, their search patterns were spoiled...
...Conner sneak up on his tail. Liberty slipped in front and never let up. Before rounding the last mark to sail home against the wind, Conner surprised his opponent by jibing suddenly to change course. As Bertrand wheeled his boat to follow, part of Australia II's steering gear snapped. Conner won the race...