Word: gears
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...years ago they changed their name, made some replacements and got the band into high gear. They made a hit playing a "casual"-a high-school country club dance. Then they landed a date playing once a week in Beverly Boulevard's Beverly Cavern when oldtime Jazzman Kid Ory was taking his night off. Comic...
...should be a self-sufficient and autonomous organization. It is to be hoped that its efforts to win financial independence will succeed. But the Council vice-president should be able to work with the Key as with other groups to gear its program into the college scene...
...movie industry's vast ballyhoo machinery whirred into high gear this week to support a feverish crusade. Its goal: repeal of the 20% federal tax on movie admissions...
...engine room Chief Petty Officer Sam Hine, who had spent 20 of his 37 years in the Navy, was the senior rank present. He asked, "Who can swim?" Swimmers volunteered to give their escape gear* to those nonswimmers who had none...
...many motorists would relish Greenshields' driving routine. He accelerated the engine in high gear up to 20 m.p.h., coasted until he was down to 5 m.p.h., then repeated the process. Said Engineer Greenshields: "The results . . . illustrate what can be accomplished if no compromises (with speed and comfort) are made...