Word: gated
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...gangplank with four imperial Stetsons for the Crown Prince and his party, and California's Governor Earl Warren. Akihito waved to them all from the bridge. He shook hands with the governor, read another statement in Japanese ("I shall never forget the magnificent sight of the Golden Gate Bridge, the tranquillity of San Francisco Bay, and the beauty of the city as seen from the sea"). In the midst of the shipboard ceremonies, the Prince took time off for a snack of hot dogs, hamburgers and potato salad...
...eyes of Texas-some 35,000 pairs of them-were on sprawling Bergstrom Air Force Base at Austin this week. The biggest crowd in Texas sports-car history turned up for a chance at the gate prizes-a Jaguar, an MG and a Studebaker-and the promised thrills and spills of four races, jointly sponsored by the Sports Car Club of America and General Curtis LeMay's Strategic Air Command...
Announcement of the H.A.A.'s final plan is due this week, and at last report, the H.A.A. had a completely new venture on its minds--a special gate into the stadium for each class, and probably, special sections, also. Whether or not this will be approved remains to be seen...
...midst of the mob. As the people closed in, making retreat impossible, Ike picked up his granddaughter. David was bumped so hard he lost another half-dozen eggs. Ike's retreat was cut off. Finally a flying wedge of Secret Service men led the Eisenhowers out a side gate, back to the White House by way of a side street. Said Ike: "I didn't think the kids would take such a beating...
...bulletin pinned to the gate of Marlborough House late at night, to be read by a little knot of silent Britons, was but twelve words long: "While sleeping peacefully, Queen Mary died at 20 minutes past 10 o'clock." Next day Winston Churchill's voice was husky as he moved a "humble Address" from the House of Commons: "She looked like a Queen; she acted like a Queen . . ." On the Labor benches opposite, Clement Attlee was as visibly moved. "There has never been a Queen," he said, "who was so beloved by everybody, and I think this...