Word: gated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...White House's West Wing, where staffers' offices are located, there was considerable confusion during the first week. Hamilton Jordan, Carter's chief aide, had no trouble passing through the northwest gate, but guards stopped Press Secretary Powell one morning because he did not have his pass and was not recognized. Powell had better luck at the southwest gate, where a friendly guard piped, "Good morning, Mr. Powell...
...beat they pound is a family business. A member of San Francisco's freewheeling "Patrol Special" unit, Ralph Grebmeier paid $15,000 for the right to guard one of the city's 62 private patrol sectors-a two-mile-long swath that runs from the Golden Gate Bridge to Fisherman's Wharf. In return, he and his wife now collect $750 per week from 89 clients...
...crisis, the greater the chances for success. Because the U.S. proved its readiness to protect West Berlin as far back as the 1948 blockade, later American muscle-flexing quickly persuaded the Kremlin to back down from efforts to instigate crises. In 1961, by rushing U.S. tanks to the Brandenburg Gate and calling up reserve units, President Kennedy forced Nikita Khrushchev to abandon his plans to change the status of the divided city...
...proposals for extending the MBTA Red Line include making a pedestrian mall out of a section of street connecting Mass Ave to Brattle St. and constructing a tunnel under Mass Ave at Johnston Gate...
...South Gate, Calif...