Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Truth is, I missed the revolution. When a few hundred students were routed from University Hall by Cambridge constabulary in riot gear on the night of April 9 and 10, 1969, I was extending my spring vacation to visit pals in Princeton...
Dressed in riot gear, the police officersbarreled through groups of students that hadsurrounded the building...
Fourteen hours after the protesters escorted the administrators out of the building, the president called in a police force of about 100 officers from local suburbs. They arrived at about 4 a.m., armed with riot gear and ready to use force...
...craft called Higgins boats churned toward shore. The weather had cleared, as predicted, but the wind still kicked up heavy waves that made most of the troops violently seasick. As the coastline appeared in the gray, misty light, the soldiers, each laden with almost 70 lbs. of wet battle gear, jumped neck-deep into the waves and scrambled ashore...
...students voted in the truncated Undergraduate Council referendum this week, our duly selection representatives kicked their electoral juggernaut into high gear. Anyone who passed through Tercentenary Theater Thursday morning was treated to the rather persuasive endorsement of a sign emblazoned with the message "Vote Yes on U.C. Referendum." Its bearer embodied all the credibility of our august representatives--a fellow in an ape suit...