On the backstretch, Secretariat made his move and forged to the lead . " Snorting steam in the raw twilight ", he rounded the far turn with a 12-length lead before gearing down in the final furlong, ultimately winning by lengths.
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While the leading proponents of the West Coast offense are gearing up for the playoffs, Cincinnati, 2-8 heading into Sunday's home game with Baltimore, is gearing down for an eighth straight losing season . ( Williams, Dayton Daily News ) MOVED.
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But the future of the space effort is now in doubt, with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration gearing down for a series of unmanned, deep-science missions while it and the White House pursue cooperative space ventures with Russia, its former rival.
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For one thing, they argue, economic growth is gearing down to an annual rate of 3 percent or so, which is more or less in line with the nation's capacity to expand without suffering production bottlenecks that result in shortages, rising prices and a higher inflation rate.
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Autumn certainly is a fine time to start, as new plants won't have to work as hard to survive; they'll be gearing down for the winter and won't need as much care ( but they never are carefree; they'll need regular watering, even through the winter ).
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In 1929 Junkers developed their successful Junkers L5 6-cylinder inline 4-stroke aircraft engine into the L8 by increasing its rotational speed and gearing down the output shaft . Just as the L55 V-12 was made by combining two L5s, the L88 combined two L8s into a 60?V-12.
