Gates
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
William "Bill", born 1956, U.S. entrepreneur.
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In May of 2018, Gates succeeded General Colin Powell as National Chairman of the Eisenhower Fellowships.
These distortions are stubborn and more meaningful than Gates is ready to concede.
Is Bill Gates’s Climate-Change Book Worth Reading? | Reid Singer | February 24, 2021 | Outside OnlineFor example, Gates marvels that for the vast majority of Americans, electric heaters are actually cheaper than continuing to use fossil gas.
Bill Gates and the problem with climate solutionism | Katie McLean | February 16, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewI spoke to Gates in December about his new book, the limits of his optimism, and how his thinking on climate change has evolved.
Bill Gates: Rich nations should shift entirely to synthetic beef | James Temple | February 15, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewBack in the tech history books, the transitions from founder and CEO to the next executive up include the duds like Gates to Steve Ballmer but also successes like Steve Jobs to Tim Cook, Bob Noyce to Andy Grove, and Bill Hewlett to John Young.
KSM enters the complex through a “Sally Port,” a series of Gates designed to allow just one vehicle in at a time.
Even Defense Secretary Gates, at least for a time, was open to the notion.
The Detainee Abuse Photos Obama Didn’t Want You To See | Noah Shachtman, Tim Mak | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWill these resurrected animals be house-trained and know to exit the pearly Gates before doing their business?
Sorry, Internet: Pope Francis Didn't Open Paradise to Pets | Candida Moss | December 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTComic book heroes are even hotter—Spiderman and Batman probably earn more money nowadays than Warren Buffett and Bill Gates.
Can Tarzan of the Apes Survive in a Post-Colonial World? | Ted Gioia | November 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut what happens at Winchester University is a microcosm of the cruel world beyond its be-crested Gates.
‘Dear White People’ Is the Race Movie America Didn’t Know It Needed | Rawiya Kameir | October 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe nine barricaded the outer Gates and placed in the best positions guns loaded with grape.
The Red Year | Louis TracyI hadn't the nerve to stand there and tell her she'd never see her father again this side of the pearly Gates.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairHe was accustomed, at his return, or issuing from his Gates, to be hailed and lackied by the acclamations of the populace.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterIn the wall were eight Gates, and at each one a keeper was stationed at all hours of the day and night.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. PikeIf only India were pulling her weight for us on the same scale, we should by now be before the Gates of Vienna.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian Hamilton
British Dictionary definitions for Gates
/ (ɡeɪts) /
Bill, full name William Henry Gates. born 1955, US computer-software executive and philanthropist; founder (1976) of Microsoft Corporation
Henry Louis. born 1950, US scholar and critic, who pioneered African-American studies in such works as Figures in Black (1987)
Horatio. ?1728–1806, American Revolutionary general: defeated the British at Saratoga (1777)
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