Word: gate
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Sullivan's motto is a peculiarly apt phrase with which to discuss Maxine Hong Kingston's Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Tale. Set in the city of the Golden Gate Bridges--one of America's postcard-perfect suspension bridges--Kingston's work balances characters and cliches in a startling manner...
...capacity crowd had turned out for the Football Association Cup semifinal last week at the 54,000-seat Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. As Liverpool and Nottingham Forest faced off on the field, throngs of fans without tickets poured through a gate that had been opened by police. Seven minutes into the game, a surge of spectators pushed into the packed standing room, crushing those in front against metal barriers. One of the barriers gave way, and at least 93 people were killed...
Dead and injured fans lay strewn across the field. After calm had been restored, Football Association officials promised a "full investigation" into the tragedy. Among the questions: Why did police fail to control the overflow crowd? And who authorized the opening of the gate? Said British Sport Minister Colin Moynihan: "This is a tragic day for sport, football and the country as a whole...
...cover the remaining $264 million of the purchase price by forgiving $185 million in debt that the parent company, Texas Air, currently owes to Eastern and by handing over to Texas Air $79 million in Eastern assets. Those properties include Eastern's profitable New York-Montreal route, one airport gate at New York's La Guardia Airport and eight pairs of takeoff-and-landing slots at U.S. and Canadian airports...
Another recurring problem has been the occasional dumping of waste on the arboretum's fields. The latest instance was in February. The arboretum's gate was broken open and trash was found dumped near the road in a remote section of the park...