Word: gate
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...maiden voyage of the taxpayers' newest nearly $2 billion warship stalled for two days in August. That's when the stern gate of the U.S.S. San Antonio - needed to roll vehicles onto and off the nearly 700-ft. vessel - wouldn't work. The Navy eventually got the gate fixed in time for the ship to leave Norfolk and sail to the Persian Gulf, where its mission is to hunt down smugglers. But now the San Antonio has been forced into port in Bahrain for at least two weeks of repairs to leaks in the hefty pipes feeding fuel...
...busy Salah Eddin Street, Arab opinion is sharply divided. Says Ahmed Ali, a teacher: "Of course I'll boycott, because Israelis annexed the city by force." But as Ahmed Fawzi, a grocer beside Damascus Gate, says, "The only way to get something from Israel is to fight them from within, joining them. We should go to the municipality and scream and spit in their faces, if that's what it takes...
...today,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. “It wasn’t always pretty, but we did what we had to do— at least in two phases—to win the game.”Pizzotti came out of the gate hot, finishing a 93-yard march down the field with a 14-yard strike to Richards in the end zone. Kicker Patrick Long missed the extra point wide left.Both teams proved unable to build any further momentum, and the ensuing exchange of punts resulted in Columbia taking advantage of a start...
...lets a girl have it all. She can wear blue like it’s pink and can have not just the perfect tan and manicure, but also a Harvard degree. The descending flags with the Veritas shield in the last number, along with an almost too-lovely Johnston Gate, was the perfect finale to a musical that strove to be everything wonderfully all at once. An ode to the magnificence of girlishness, “Legally Blonde” may not be Godiva, but for the sweet-toothed, it’s at least a bag of Skittles...
...Over by Johnston Gate, where the Dems are parked, the situation is one of barely controlled chaos. White takes attendance while encouraging canvassers to squeeze three to a seat...