Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While the pricey performance cars and convertibles have added a spark to auto sales, most of Detroit's factories will not be in full gear until the American middle class can once again afford a new car. A break in interest rates would help, but many buyers would still be deterred by steep sticker prices. Even the cheapest Chevrolet costs $5,270. William Goff, 52, a Dearborn, Mich., telephone worker, was discouraged by what he saw last week at a GM showroom. Said he: "I can't believe that some of these cars cost more than I paid...
...picture at her home in Tidworth, Hampshire, she remarked, "He never says no to a nice cuppa. "Tractors and Land Rovers have been offered freely to the troops to lug equipment to nearby hills. An 18-year-old boy used his father's tractor to haul gear from the shore. Another boy told the soldiers, "If you want to borrow my Suzuki, go right ahead...
...attack had taken place. They said that 25 crewmen, 14 of whom were wounded, were taken prisoner and that one Argentine, killed in the incident, was buried at sea. The British, who denied machine-gunning the lifeboat, said that the Narwal, which eventually sank, carried sophisticated electronic spying gear and that one of the prisoners was an Argentine naval officer. The Argentines, in turn, argued that the boat carried no eavesdropping equipment...
Because Reagan did not want to overdramatize the situation, the White House security apparatus was purposely kept in normal gear. The daily routine was merely bent to handle extra calls and conferences with National Security Adviser William Clark and Secretary of State Alexander Haig...
From the outset Harvard's offense was in high gear. The laxmen knocked in four goals in the first quarter while keeping she men from the land of the split-level house to only one tally...