Word: gately
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While a Welsh men's choir sang Rock of Ages and a cheering crowd waved Union Jacks, the civil governor of the province of Cadiz, Mariano Baquedano, last week placed a key in the brass lock of the gate that for 16 years had separated Spain from the British crown colony of Gibraltar. The lock would not budge. Embarrassed, Baquedano handed the key to a Spanish policeman, who also wrestled nervously with the reluctant mechanism. At one minute past the appointed hour of midnight, the lock finally gave way, and the large green gate swung open...
Despite its awkwardness, the ceremony put an end to the years of tension between Britain and Spain that have kept the barrier between the Spanish mainland and Europe's last remaining colony tightly locked. Indeed the opening of the gate was a precondition for the holding of talks between Britain and Spain over the Rock's future. For the Spanish, who next year hope to enter the European Community, the reopening was a political necessity to improve relations with Britain...
Unfortunately for the people entrusted with guarding the White House, the Marine Corps Orchestra did not march through the East Wing gate. Its members simply ambled in on Sunday, Jan. 20, two hours before they were scheduled to serenade President Reagan at his private Inauguration ceremony upstairs. If only they had arrived in hup-two-three-four formation, Presidential Spokesman Larry Speakes suggested last week, guards might have spotted the stray tourist tagging along with the Marines. "Had he been out of step," Speakes said with a smile, "they would have caught him earlier...
Yale (now 9-9, 2-4) came out of the gate very strong grabbing a 10 point lead in the opening five minutes on the wings of an 80 percent shooting performance from the floor...
...budget is certain to become a political football once the deficit debate heats up in Congress. And Weinberger could have a tougher time picking up yardage with a Shultz ally calling the plays. Says a former Reagan aide: "Cap may find it more difficult to get through the Southwest Gate of the White House...