Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Thinking themselves to be quite the party animals, the members of the social Harvard community--a proud minority on our campus--gear up for what they hope will be an exciting night on the town. But where to go? There are a whole number of bars to choose from in Harvard Square, and for those not too lazy for a short trip, the greater Boston area offers a plethora of barhopping options...
Before its victory over Brown, the Crimson disposed of a much weaker squad from the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Harvard had its offense in high gear for the Friday evening game and defeated the Merchant Marine team, 24-11, as Crimson sophomore goalie Jose Villa recorded the victory...
Equipment manufacturing (phones, switching gear, computer chips) plus most of the legendary Bell Laboratories research operation. Name: not yet chosen. Revenues: $20 billion a year. Profits: an estimated $1 billion. Chief executive: Richard McGinn. Employees...
...question that the contestants must parade as objects--not sex objects, exactly, since the bathing gear they are made to wear is about as revealing as a cassock, but surely as objects--for ogling, for censure, for pity. Lee Meriwether, Miss America 1955, recalls her agony in a one piece: "I was dying a thousand deaths. I've never had people stare at me like that, and with binoculars! I'll be thrilled if they can get rid of it." Says this year's Miss Montana, Amanda Granrude: "We shouldn't have women in a veiled strip show." Even Leonard...
...olds, who now play video war games, will be ready. They'll never even know why they're so good at violence, anger and computer warfare. But this aptitude is even now being embedded in their unconscious. And you can forget about all that intelligence stuff and fancy combat gear like that you showed. It's already obsolete. These kids surely are not going to get dirty just to fight a war. James Cooper Shaker Heights, Ohio...