Word: gated
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...elaborately wacky as "the dance of the gooney birds on Wake Island."* Thirty passengers are considered a small convoy, and everybody stays put; more than 30, and everybody dismounts except drivers and assistant drivers, who are not counted. In no case may the Russians lower the tail gate of trucks or order the passengers to stand up. Reason: a test showed that even a 5-ft. shrimp could count heads by just looking into the back of a U.S. Army truck with its tail gate raised. Some British lorries have higher tail gates, so the British regularly lower them when...
...Soviet pressure. But they were also reminded that Moscow can heat up a crisis at any time over Berlin. "Sometimes," explained Dean Rusk at week's end, "these incidents look rather artificial. But that is not really the issue. The point is not whether a particular tail gate is lowered. The point is freedom of access to West Berlin...
...twist was danced both inside the house and on the patio outside; the convivial drinking and animated chatter lasted long into the night. Some nearby residents noted that visitors appeared in the daytime as well as the evening. "A lot of people used to come through the back gate," recalls one neighbor. "That struck us as strange. Most of our guests come through the front door...
...makes ends meet. Fields must be rented, referees must be paid, and there are bus and meal costs for out-of-town games. The Kansas City Buffaloes have a peculiar problem: they play most of their games on the road, and under league rules, the home club pockets the gate receipts. As a result, the Buffaloes sport a season's record of five wins and one loss and a season's deficit...
...nothing." Rival players hung by one hand from the dugout roof when he came to bat, scratching their armpits with the other. "Hey, Yog," they yelled. "You still sleeping in trees?" One opposing catcher used to watch Yogi step into the batting cage, then bellow: "Quick, men! Shut the gate! You got him." TV even got into the act with a "Yogi Bear" cartoon series about an animal that walks like...