Word: gated
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mondale seemed to be sauntering directly toward the nomination. He smiled always and stayed above the fray. His campaign logistics, from scheduling to delegate counting, were said to be unprecedented in sophistication. Suddenly cracks began to appear. In Birmingham he showed up to shake hands at the wrong factory gate; in Florida reporters covering him had to pile into taxis-the press bus had disappeared. By the middle of last week he looked desperate ("I'm in trouble, I need your help"), making lame excuses for losing primaries ("We didn't really contest Vermont") and attacking Hart...
...freeway to Encino we talk about cars and boats and nothing. We take the Havenhurst exit, and Jackson says, "This is our neighborhood." We cross Ventura and almost immediately turn into a driveway with an iron gate that swings slowly open. A TV camera stares into the car. "Everybody knows who's comin' now," Jackson says. The gate shuts and we pass a guard station. A uniformed man nods his head to Jackson. We start down a driveway Lined with well-trimmed shrubs. At the end, on the right, stands a four-car Tudor-style garage. Above...
...pulls out, past a three-tiered white fountain at the front of the house. Michael's red-and-white scooter bike is leaning against a wall. All the windows in the house are leaded glass with beveled panes. We start out the open gate, when suddenly the guard in the security station runs and calls after us. We return to the house. Michael's parents are waiting in the foyer. Katherine Jackson calls me by name and says, "There have been a lot of rumors about Michael, that he has had operations to have his eyes widened...
...interrupted by the Temple Mount, where Herod's Temple was eventually replaced by the Dome of the Rock, which is under Muslim administration. The wall is surrounded by a national park that is studded with archaeological finds and historic sites. Each of the wall's seven gates will be given special architectural treatment. So far, only Damascus Gate has been fully restored. It has been enhanced by a modern setting, a kind of amphitheater, that dramatizes goings and comings, vendors and human encounters...
...proud to represent my country," said Chinese Alpine Skier Wang Guizhen, 23. "Our level is not high, but I took part in the Lake Placid Games and I feel we've made some progress." Well, some ... She placed 18th in the 1980 giant slalom, but tangled with a gate in the first run at Sarajevo and was disqualified. Said Jin Xuefei, 20, also on the Chinese women's team (her name means "flying golden snow"): "Our aim at the Olympics is to study athletes from other countries, especially the American women." What of the future? The young women...