Word: gated
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tennis court in Miami last fall, West Coast Bureau Chief Benjamin Gate commented to Caribbean Bureau Chief William McWhirter on the huge increase he had observed in the use of cocaine among middle-class Americans...
Says McWhirter: "We realized we were talking about two ends of the same pipeline. Like oil, cocaine had become a major commodity. I had the suppliers, he had the consumers." From there, under Gate's coordination, reporting this week's cover story on the epidemic spread of cocaine was fairly straightforward. McWhirter concentrated on the criminal activities of importers and suppliers and the law's efforts to control them. Washington Correspondent David Jackson talked with members of the Drug Enforcement Administration and other Justice Department officials. Gate and New York Correspondent Janice Simpson interviewed dozens of cocaine...
...Hollywood (eleven credits) during the period when movies became films, directors auteurs and screenplays the subjects of scholarly monographs. In discussing his own work for the people "Out There," he neither cringes nor crows: "In terms of authority, screenwriters rank somewhere between the man who guards the studio gate and the man who runs the studio (this week...
Those who have heard the bellow and thump of the sawdust trail could recognize such artistry in Reagan's talk. It began with a St.-Peter-in-heaven joke (Reminds me of the story about the politician and the evangelical minister arriving together at heaven's gate) and then unfurled the flag: "Freedom prospers only where the blessings of God are avidly sought and humbly accepted. Well, I am pleased to be here today with you who are keeping America great by keeping her good...
...overall championship, a first for the U.S. "I still can't believe it, but it feels great," said McKinney. "I was a little nervous about the race today. I just let the skis run." When Switzerland's Erika Hess, the defending champion, fell at a gate last week, McKinney moved up from third place, past Hess and Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein. Then, summoning what she called "the best ski days of my career," Tamara won two giant slaloms in Waterville Valley, N.H., her fourth and fifth victories of the winter. "I took some chances," she said, "and just...