Word: gate
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Thus during the magnificent song 'As it was before,' which goes in part "And you sell yourself so short every time/You look at her and never dare to cross the line/Why is it so hard for you to understand/We'll never make it far beyond the gate without each other's hand." singer Peter Gowan barks and whimpers to the accompaniment of the drums and the organ, finally breaking into Indian chants over-but not within-the music...
...Family Dog first used the Filmore and Avalon auditoriums to put on rock shows. They set up free concerts on the Panhandle, a park near the Golden Gate Bridge. And they ran Monday morning clean-ins in Haight-Ashbury: the city gave them 50 brooms, and they would go down the whole street sweeping...
...part of the whole operation. Santa Fe, through subsidiaries, is already active in real estate, oil production, pipelines, plywood manufacture and even air freight. And as Reed is fond of pointing out, the line's most profitable venture on the basis of return on investment is the Golden Gate Fields race track outside San Francisco, where Santa Fe as the property owner receives both rents and a share of the parimutuels. With such operations as a base, Santa Fe Industries will be willing to get into almost any profitable business. "As long as it's making money," says...
...four parsimonious starters: Jerry Koosman, 24, Dick Selma, 24, Tom Seaver, 23, and Nolan Ryan, 21. Among them, the four boast a season's record of 25 wins, only eleven defeats, and a combined earned-run average of 1.74. The excitement they generate is reflected at the gate. In a year when attendance elsewhere has declined dramatically, 54,259 fans turned out at Shea Stadium last week to watch Rookie Koosman beat the San Francisco Giants 7-3 and boost his record...
...million altogether on automated ticket-writing equipment and on a joint reservation system. Between the two, a potential passenger could go to a supermarket, bank or hotel to determine plane space and buy a charge-card ticket, then be checked in by machine when he reaches the boarding gate...