Word: gears
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Wednesday and Thursday crept by, U.S. Air Force Reserve helicopters and high-tech detection gear were committed to the hunt. An infrared body-heat detector was issued to a ground crew, and a night-vision camera was fixed to the nose of one civilian chopper. Yet nothing seemed to help. Anguished parents and friends tried to take comfort from seasoned mountain watchers like Lieut. Don Vickars of the Clackamas County sheriff's office. Said Vickars: "We had a case in 1975 where three kids survived through a storm in a snow cave for 14 days...
...hand at these conferences by now, Reagan made the best of his vaunted charm and easygoing style in negotiating with the other leaders, particularly on the terrorism communique. Now he must gear up for what could be a long, hot summer of battles with lawmakers on tax reform and the budget. In addition, several politically motivated protectionist bills are percolating in Congress this election year, and they could gather strength if the Tokyo talks and their aftermath do not help reduce America's current trade imbalance. Reagan seems ready. When asked about his differences with Congress as he prepared...
Michigan's convoluted convention contraption moves into high gear on May 27, the deadline for filing petitions to run in the 5,904 precinct elections to be held in early August. Those selected will meet at district conventions in January 1988 to elect delegates to a state convention, and they in turn will choose the delegates who will go on to the national convention. Michigan's will be the first Republican delegates chosen, and that may help the state steal some of the thunder from the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary. But as former Governor George Romney, 78, notes...
...have made the technical conversion, and 300 more plan to do so this year. Then, of course, the home viewer must either have a stereo TV or convert his conventional set to stereo with an adapting device (average cost: $150). Once a set is stereo-ready, more sophisticated audio gear can be connected to it. Bill Artope, a producer for Needham Harper Worldwide advertising, who lives in Evanston, Ill., has hooked his new stereo TV to a state-of-the-art amplifier, preamp and 6-ft.-high speakers. "It sounds like a theater at home," he says...
...this rig shuts down," Faye Cleckler tells a luncheon guest who is being shown through her well-stocked pantry aboard the Key Manhattan. No, Cleckler has not found a way to use the fiery Louisiana hot sauce to keep heavy drilling equipment functioning--only the men who handle the gear. She was just pointing out that for those who work on offshore oil rigs, few things are more important than food-as-they-like...