Word: gate
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Adding to the unrest were students, who returned to universities last week after a summer recess. Some 4,000 demonstrated at Seoul National University on the first day of classes, and several hundred clashed with police at the school gate. Authorities estimated that more than 9,000 students demonstrated at 20 colleges nationwide, reflecting the continuing demand for political reforms...
NATION: The candidates leap from the starting gate in search of cutting themes...
...armored personnel carriers began advancing down the boulevard toward the camp, firing shells at the rebel-held buildings and sending the civilians scurrying for + cover. The crowd was rooting for the government forces, and a cheer went up when the troop carriers moved cautiously through Camp Aguinaldo's front gate. The cheering stopped when an errant shell exploded in the middle of a small crowd. The limp bodies of two civilians were hastily dragged away...
...Nunn will have had two weeks in Europe to weigh the appeal of a race for the White House against his qualms about disrupting his family and shortchanging his Senate duties. He will not have long to signal his intentions: beyond the end of September, a late-from- the-gate candidacy could be almost impossible. Now Nunn must decide whether he wants to remain as the perfect non-candidate or become another presidential contender who will inevitably lose some of his luster in the rough-and-tumble of a difficult campaign...
...departure gate, mechanics discovered that a loose bolt had punched a hole in a 727's fuel tank, causing a leak. King says the hole was plugged with an unauthorized, quick-hardening plastic sealer so that the plane could depart. A supervisor concealed the improper patch job by not recording it in the aircraft's logbook. The hole was not correctly repaired with a metal plate until later that week...