1.   After running at peak efficiency the past few months, the lake-effect snow machine is gearing down to its late winter status of low power.

2.   But after the first few reels, the pace gears down to become glacially slow and the comedy becomes ponderously serious.

3.   Gear down, ignore the brake and steer.

4.   Varsavsky thought the concept would be particularly useful to part-time workers and seniors gearing down toward retirement.

5.   We had Tony and A.P. come in for us and gear down.

6.   While many ski resorts gear down in warmer months, Telluride flourishes, hosting a festival virtually every weekend from May through September.

7.   Yeltsin appeared to gear down from crisis mode on Tuesday, accepting the resignation of his long-time economic adviser, Alexander Livshits.

8.   Yeltsin appeared to gear down from crisis mode on Tuesday, accepting the resignation of his longtime economic advisor, Alexander Livshits.

9.   Yeltsin appeared to gear down from crisis mode on Tuesday, accepting the resignation of his long-time economic advisor, Alexander Livshits.