Word: gate
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...works. While public attention naturally attached to the US Airways transaction, Texas Pacific was quietly closing a deal 10 times larger: a $2.26 billion cash buyout of Burger King from Diageo, based in London. Bonderman and his partners are also finalizing the purchase of bankrupt Swissair's catering subsidiary, Gate Gourmet, No. 2 in the world with $2 billion in annual sales...
...naval exercises during the Song dynasty, has five tiny islands connected by bridges and graced with elegant teahouses, restaurants, gardens, pavilions, an open-air theater and even a zoo. Although the main entrance to the park is on Zhongyang Lu, I like to go in through Jiefang Men (Liberation Gate) as it is less touristy. Inside, you'll find old men fishing and people picnicking, paddleboating or riding tandem bicycles. (Bicycles and paddleboats can be rented for just more than a dollar an hour per person at concessions located throughout the park...
...officer responded to callers who thought they were being followed near Widener Gate. The callers were gone upon the officer’s arrival...
Hard at work behind the glass windows and metal gate to allow the visitors to watch the staff work and to hear the expert discussions inside the gallery, I try to ignore the curious eyes. I now know how those pandas at the zoo feel. For the most part, I do not notice the tourists any more...
...Julia Child’s kitchen! It’s not open yet! It will open on August 19!” His family stands just inches away from him as he unnecessarily reads the exhibition sign aloud word-for-word. The family then peers through the metal gate, watches us working for a while, quickly grows bored and leaves, making way for the next family to repeat the process...