Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...study is the latest initiative of the University's Vice President for Government, Community and Public Affairs Paul S. Grogan, who took over the position in January. Since Grogan's appointment, Harvard has spun into high gear over the past year to improve strained relations with its community, including the University's re-negotiation in August of the payment in lieu of taxes it pays to Boston...
...Harvard facade that makes being a teenager--a nave teenager -- uncool. I refuse to forget (or ignore) the innocence of a dream. Because on Tuesday night, Sept. 21st at exactly 8:35 PM in the Fleet Center, my dream came true when the Backstreet Boys exploded onstage in galactic gear on flying skateboards, pelvic thrusting and grinding their way into my heart. Like their opening song, my vision of them became "larger than life...
...slithered out of the Jeep and into my beaten-up tennis shoes and grabbed my gear that my father had meticulously arranged during my date the previous night. My red-and-pink shrimptail lure had been enlisted for battle with everything from speckled trout to eel-like ribbonfish. The assortment of friendly people half-submerged in the water reminded me that I was not in Boston...
...clear, it's clear," said the CFD's on-scene commander as he packed his protective gear in the back...
When Eliasch took over Head, which makes racquets, skis and diving equipment, the Austrians feared he would shut the factories there. Instead, he automated production, invested in engineering and simplified product lines, concentrating on high-end gear. "It costs roughly the same to manufacture expensive and cheap products," says Eliasch. Executive decision: expensive is better. This year Head should post sales of $410 million and operating earnings of about $45 million...