Word: gate
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Aside from Mao's materialization at Tienanmen (the Gate of Heavenly Peace), what most intrigued China experts was the evidence, coming from both Peking and Moscow, that a fresh effort to heal the Sino-Soviet rift might be under way. Not once during his 15-minute keynote speech did Defense Minister Lin Piao, Mao's heir apparent, specifically denounce the Soviets by name. Instead of damning the "Soviet revisionist renegade clique," he restricted himself to the euphemism "social-imperialism." To be sure, he stressed China's military might, but the emphasis was defensive. "On the vast land...
After twenty minutes, from 200 to 250 members of the group poured out of the north gate of the Yard and ran up to Radcliffe, where they milled around outside Briggs, Moors, and finally Eliot Halls, chanting, "Cliffies Need Sex" and "Statutory Rape." At this point, many girls were in their midst and others came out to talk. However, only a few boys entered conversation, and not one was seen to touch a girl...
...boys come into the room. One asks for his mailbox combination and is referred to a list on the wall. The other needs to open one of the back gates to the House. He is given the key, and told to be sure to lock the gate afterwards and bring the key back...
...fans Slingin' Sammy Baugh at quarterback and dazzling marching bands at halftime. The football was sometimes very good (divisional titles in 1940, '42, '43, '45)-and the show always was-to the extent that Marshall boasted he never had a losing season at the gate...
...Secretary of the Interior - a job that Udall had performed with such ecological sensitivity that many thought he should be called Secretary of the Environment. At first glance, Hickel was so depressingly different that some reacted as if Satan had been promoted to guard St. Peter's gate...