Word: gated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...guard at the northwest gate looked a bit startled as Jones rolled in. But Jones had his congressional pass. He pedaled casually along the drive to the north portico, where Kings and Prime Ministers arrive in purring Rolls-Royces. He had decided beforehand that it was not necessary to bring his padlock. Jones glided right up to the steps. "Best parking place on the grounds," said the delighted cop. The Congressman flicked his kickstand in place, straightened his tie and went in to hear the most powerful man in the world talk about saving energy. Another Carter Administration first...
...almost daunting. His pace on the off-track was 5 3/5 seconds slower than Secretariat's stakes record, but the win was electric in its ease: Slew loped over the 1½-mile course as if he were putting in a leisurely workout. He broke cleanly from the gate, and was headed only for a few seconds as the field sorted itself out for the grueling Belmont distance. When the call for the first quarter-mile came, he was rating gently on the lead, relaxed and running smoothly. From then on, he coasted, flicking away in turn brief challenges...
Seattle Slew thus entered a small enclosure of racing royalty that includes Gallant Fox, War Admiral, Count Fleet, Citation, Secretariat. And with a particular distinction: alone among the Triple Crown winners, Seattle Slew has a perfect record. The Belmont Stakes was his ninth trip to the starting gate and his ninth run to the wire as a winner. In the week before the Belmont, there was little doubt among backstretchers that Seattle Slew would complete his sweep. Secretariat Owner Penny Tweedy Ringquist, whose Spirit Level took his shot at Slew and lost, said: "Seattle Slew is head and shoulders above...
...envelope contained a cash "appearance fee"-remuneration for showing up to compete in the event-and the provider was a member of the host country's amateur federation. An American track-meet promoter, anxious to lure a top dash man to his indoor meet to increase the gate, called a speedster and promised him $800 plus expenses for joining the field. But two meets were scheduled on the opposite coast for the same weekend, and the sprinter had been offered round-trip plane tickets by both meet directors-one of which he could cash in as an informal subsidy...
...either," Perkins says. "Lowell was willing to accept the propriety of naming it for the Lowell family which had been close to Harvard since the 18th century. But then House master Julian Coolidge on his own got hold of the right people." Above the iron work in the main gate, he weaved, very covertly, the initials 'ALL" for President Abbott Lawrence Lowell. All the time he never dared asked Lowell if he noticed it. (Of course, Perkins adds parenthetically, Lowell must have noticed it because he noticed everything.) "Mr. Lowell was perfectly capable of having the initials removed...