Word: gears
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plan moved into high gear, so did the opponents. The Poletown Neighborhood Council, led by Chairman Tom Olechowski, 37, a state legislative aide and lifelong resident of the area, contacted Nader for his support. The consumer activist fired off a letter to General Motors Chairman Roger Smith, demanding that the company find another site "that does not destroy a community of 3,500 Americans." Young lashed back, calling Nader "a carpetbagger" and labeling his effort as an "obvious attempt at sabotage." The Detroit Coalition of Black Trade Unionists shot off its own letter to Nader, accusing him of "doing...
...battle gear I followed Stalin to Mayakovsky Station and stood by his side to hear his greatest speech, words that turned the Fascist tide even as they shelled the city overhead ...' His hand shot out to restrain Arkady from going. 'I gave you a name like that, and you come here, a petty detective, to ask about a coward who spent his war hiding in packing cases? Some common snoop, is that all you are?' Arkady rose, more exhausted than he could have imagined, and stumbled on the way to the library door...
...battlefields, however, Salvadoran officers fighting the guerrillas say they would welcome new military equipment, especially sophisticated communications gear and helicopters. The U.S. justifies the dispatch of instructors as necessary to help the Salvadorans make good use of the new equipment. Finally, Administration officials concede, the advisers comprise a "highly visible" sign of the Reagan Administration's determination to fight Communist "indirect armed aggression...
Information: For good general information about backpacking (gear, camp preparation, rules of the road), try Walking Softly in the Wilderness (John Hart, $6.95), The Best About Backpacking (Dennis Van Lear, $6.95), or The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra (Steve Roper...
...billion to cover a 5.3% military pay hike in July. That would be on top of the 11.7% raise already granted this year. Also requested: an extra $15.7 billion through 1982 for more tactical aircraft, tanks, helicopters, infantry vehicles and a wide variety of electronic equipment and other gear...