Word: gates
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Policeman who had said that "they can stay here as long as they want," when the demonstrators blocked the Northwest gate Friday, changed their minds after the protesters spread out and blocked all seven entrances to the White House...
Hundreds of the anti-war demonstrators picketed the White House Friday while 67 others staged a sit-in at its northwest gate...
...Muste, 30-year-old retired Presbyterian minister and a leader of the demonstration, outlined the group's demands to White House aids Chester Cooper in a 15-minute confrontation just outside the gate. "You can't have a discussion with 100 people," Cooper answered. He asked that a delegation of five people be selected to meet with him in his office...
...began at 5:10 p.m. with the 67 demonstrators who were sitting at the gate encircled by nearly the same number of policemen. Between 500 and 600 other demonstrators marched in a nearby picket line that was loosely surrounded by about 150 policemen...
...what a sprint! Racing against the clock for points, the autos roll up one by one to the starting gate, pause until a red light flashes green, then bolt off, engines screaming and rear ends smoking as the tires burn under the tremendous torque. The course, usually four to 14 miles long, runs up steep country roads, contains no fewer than 15 curves, and its straightaways are no longer than 200 yds. Yet the cars average 69 m.p.h., occasionally even top 125 m.p.h. Most drivers try to "straighten the curves" by skidding around the corner in a controlled four-wheel...