Word: gating
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...pilot announces our descent and we land at 7:50. My hopes for a smooth finale to our infernal voyage are rapidly extinguished. We taxi around for a bit, as if the plane needs more exercise. The depressed pilot says that Logan only has six gates for shuttles and that they are all occupied. A shuttle ahead of us waits for a gate as well. Risking a brouhaha, the pilot says that it could be another 15 to 30 minutes. The plane harmoniously sighs in unison and many break out cell phones to report the status of their misery...
...those who go to Fenway to see a winning team on the field and not simply to make day trips, a slight extra cost at the gate is a small price to pay for a shot at a World Series. Most true fans will gladly fork over a couple extra bucks per game if it means having Mussina throwing every fifth day behind Pedro in the Sox rotation...
...still a plane spotter at heart. His office, overlooking Montreal's Dorval Airport, is brimming with models and photos of planes. He has turned his desk to face Dorval's runways, and he has binoculars within reach to see if planes are docking on time--and at the right gate. Now he has only to get Canadians to love his hobby as much as he does...
...second-round match the previous weekend, the Irish (22-0-1)--slightly rusty after receiving an opening-round bye--stumbled out of the gate against No. 25 Michigan. Notre Dame fell behind 1-0 in the first half and required a late-game surge to rally...
...inhabitants were sized up, their fashions noted, the drinks and food assessed and the influence peddlers who had migrated with the presidency from Philadelphia whispered their enticements. The elements of the democratic struggle were all in place at the start--political officeholders, special interests and the people at the gate...