Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mass Army Navy Store, at 698 Mass. Ave., carries the same merchandise as the old, but in a brighter, cleaner location. Even though the store lost more than half its square footage in the move, a more logical layout allows customers breathing room between the racks of survival gear...
...past 1 o'clock on a Thursday morning, and the towering dominoes of Manhattan are falling past her as Mrs. Rosado's cab speeds from the northern tip of the slab all the way down to Columbus Circle. At 2 o'clock, bundled against winter, complete to her L.A. Gear sneakers, she will board a van for a five-hour ride to visit John in the Elmira Correctional Facility. Door to door, counting the visiting period and pit stops, the round-trip ordeal will take between 18 and 20 hours. Along the way, Mrs. Rosado, a diabetic, will inject herself...
...restricted to the post for most of their time in Bosnia. The store features souvenir mugs, Beanie Babies, T-shirts, electronics, CDs -- the best-selling items -- and video rentals. Because the troops at Eagle Base are often clad in their "battle rattle" -- helmets, flak jackets and other gear -- the new store boasts eigh-foot-wide aisles so soldiers turning around don't find themselves staring down the barrel of a colleague's M-16. The U.S. has set no deadline for the 6,900 U.S. troops in Bosnia to come home, although their numbers continue to decline from a peak...
...Harvard women's hockey team enters the weekend coming off of an emotionally draining overtime victory at No. 6 Northeastern in the first round of the Beanpot. But the Crimson will have to gear up for what could be its most difficult home game of the regular season Saturday against No. 2 New Hampshire (UNH) in what is turning into the most competitive rivalry in women's college hockey...
...hard coming off finals, but that is not an excuse," said Harvard Coach Jay Weiss. "We have to come out of finals ready to shift into fifth gear...