Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mike Murphy of Washington, D.C., said the plane was making what seemed to be a normal approach to the airport, "then the pilot announced there was a problem with the landing gear...
BOSTON--More than 50 people escaped injury yesterday as their Trump Shuttle jet slid into Logan Airport in a spray of sparks after its nose gear malfunctioned, causing the front wheel not to extend properly...
...learn we had a landing-gear problem. People kind of looked around. The pilot announced there was a mechanical problem. We went out over the water and did what they call a G-force manuever, it was like a roller coaster. Then we tried to land hard to bounce it free. That didn't work...
...trailers descend on the meeting points. Tepees dot the periphery. Over bowls of venison soup and yellow hominy, knots of Indians chew over native rights and tribal ritual. At Flandreau, S. Dak., Isanti Sioux Bill Gilbert, 32, a cook at an Indian school, prepares to dance in ceremonial gear of eagle feathers and porcupine quills. "It brings people together and gives a chance to get away from rush, rush, rush," he sighs. "All you do is get off on the side roads. And then people will ask, 'What took you so long to get here...
Catching trout comes quicker now; on a good day perhaps six, even ten, get landed. You adopt rituals, preferring certain flies that bring you luck and that your friends use successfully. Gear gets stowed in familiar pockets as your fishing vest softens and fades with age. It is a delicate time, for as the addiction grows, the fish begin to invade your thoughts and dreams. At unpredictable moments the fisherman's mind fills with images of wide water, where brown trout hit large dry flies and pull long and hard...