Word: gated
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...major superhighway heading east, and at one point an ox blocks one gate of a tollbooth for several minutes. Alex and I note that all the collectors in the booths are women; an old man offers an explanation for our observation. The government, he tells us, decreed only women should collect tolls. Men, it had decided, cheated too much, pocketed too many of the toll receipts. Women are more honest...
Outside the largest gate to the monument in Taipei, a bridal party stops to have its picture taken against the striking white background of the plaza and the pyramid. It is something of a tradition in the city to have wedding pictures taken there...
...layoffs. Fiat's unions accepted a compromise settlement that called for government compensation to the laid-off workers and a pledge by the company to rehire any who might still be out of jobs in 1983. Brushing off a lone leftist hawking protest leaflets at the gate, a young worker exclaimed: "Soon we'll be getting a pay packet again...
...plants of Andrea's, a campus saloon, you will see them on the right side of Harvard Stadium today--the Wine and Cheese and 'Ludes set. The two most revealing visits you can make at Brown are (1.) to the $3.95-burger-75-cents-extra-with-cheese eaterie, The Gate, where diners prefer to view each other rather than the food, and, (2.) to the University Book Store, an establishment the size of most shoe repair stores...
...didn't know what to do with all the sand, he figured out a way to truck it down the block to a tiny tributary of the Charles. To this day, Butt-fucker's Beach lies invitingly under the overpass, at the intersection of Beacon Street and Charles Gate West...