Word: gearing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...When Feldman traveled across the country in full battle gear to speak with Iraqi leaders and politicians about the country’s new constitution, the military convoy frequently attracted insurgents gunfire...
...Angeles police in riot gear swung batons and fired foam-rubber bullets at peaceful demonstrators, working journalists and a small group of agitators in MacArthur Park, Chief William Bratton was basically awaiting a rubber stamp on his application for reappointment...
...final matriculation decisions trickle into admissions office this week and high school seniors gear up for summertime, a select set of Harvard admits will continue to be on break even when the College opens in the fall...
...have generally been reluctant to share their secrets - especially with potential competitors in countries such as China - and so far there's little evidence that Tokyo will be leaning hard on the private sector. The country also has its own environmental problems - with its long-dormant economy back in gear, carbon emissions are rising fast, and Japan will be hard-pressed to meet the Kyoto targets that were negotiated in its backyard. "Japan is moving in a very troublesome direction," says Mie Asaoka, an activist with the Kyoto-based environmental group Kiko Network...
Bruce Irving, the Crimson’s goalie coach, promised me a few lessons. The team’s equipment manager, Kevin McInnis, agreed to lend me goalie gear from the women’s squad...