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Long before a pair of gate-crashers penetrated a White House state dinner, the Secret Service had detailed for its internal use a lengthy list of security breaches dating to the Carter administration - including significant failures in the agency's protection of the president.
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Standing awkwardly among the business-suited executives, they looked like gate-crashers at an awards ceremony.
In the Plex Steven Levy 2011
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The MFA house style is integrally connected with the conditions of production under the guild system; uniformity of product, and severe control over its amount, is essential for the guild to maintain mystery about itself, and without mystery there can be no exclusion of gate-crashers.
Anis Shivani: Creative Writing Programs: Is The MFA System Corrupt And Undemocratic? Anis Shivani 2010
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(He's a self-proclaimed "Jeffersonian libertarian" whose previous brush with celebrity came from his representation of the White House gate-crashers, Tareq and Michaele Salahi.)
Man seeks abolition of Va. town's government Christian Davenport 2010
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There might yet be a couple of gate-crashers, but those arrivistes who tried to storm the top table on the first two days – Messrs Russell, Chardy, Kukushkin and Gimeno-Traver – were politely bundled into the alleyway.
Novak Djokovic begins Wimbledon campaign with win over Jérémy Chardy 2011
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The MFA house style is integrally connected with the conditions of production under the guild system; uniformity of product, and severe control over its amount, is essential for the guild to maintain mystery about itself, and without mystery there can be no exclusion of gate-crashers.
Anis Shivani: Creative Writing Programs: Is The MFA System Corrupt And Undemocratic? Anis Shivani 2010
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Standing awkwardly among the business-suited executives, they looked like gate-crashers at an awards ceremony.
In the Plex Steven Levy 2011
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(He's a self-proclaimed "Jeffersonian libertarian" whose previous brush with celebrity came from his representation of the White House gate-crashers, Tareq and Michaele Salahi.)
Man seeks abolition of Va. town's government Christian Davenport 2010
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The gate-crashers were quickly welcomed by the delighted Iranian guests, who encircled them, clapping and dancing to the festive bandari music pouring out of the sound system.
As diversity grows, Md. catering hall becomes a 'United Nations for weddings' 2010
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There were plenty of minor scandals which come to mind -- gate-crashers at the White House and that sort of thing.
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