Word: gearing
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...comes, they are hoping that the superior technology of the U.S. military will make their job less daunting. But they won't count on it. Central Command recently made an "urgent request" to its suppliers. It was for new nontoxic foam that removes chemical and biological agents from military gear without corroding it as the current decontaminant does...
...shuttered factory on the outskirts of Jakarta wondering if she, too, should be counted as a victim. Yasin, 30, worked for 11 years as a cloth cutter on the assembly lines of a shoe manufacturer, but a month ago her employer was forced to close after U.S. athletic gear giant Nike stopped ordering sneakers. Yasin has been looking for work, but now she has begun to despair. "Many orders from America could be moved away from Indonesia" she says, in the wake of the Bali blast. "It could make it more difficult for me to find...
...album kicks into gear from the first lick and maintains its intensity to the last defiant riff. Songs like “Inhuman Creation Station” throb with rebellion against society’s shackles. With disjointed lyrics sketching out a mocking theme (“Work with the team to meet the deadline!!! / A modern man cannot survive / Drowning in formaldehyde”), the song pounds with individualistic energy...
...music on Infiltrate is far more radio-friendly than previous albums, which included lyrics like “I caught my daughter giving head to my brother.” The emotions are more coded on this album, though their integrity remains undiminished. “Flesh Into Gear,” the first single, shows the refinement that time and the backing of a major studio have brought to CKY. While the darkness one expects is present, a poppy feel pervades the track. The ballad “Close Yet Far” is another departure for the fiercely...
...bells and whistles. In kitchen appliances, overkill isn't over. The trend toward commercial stoves and refrigerators, such as those by Viking and Wolf and Sub-Zero, has been reinforced by the shift of such traditional makers as Whirlpool, Maytag, GE and Amana into professional-quality gear and by a changed appearance in the everyday American kitchen. "Everyone is striving for a commercial look," says Tommy Genussa, president of TAG Homes Inc. in New Orleans. "That means stainless-steel appliances. Even in modest homes, the movement is toward as much stainless steel as possible...