Now to the wordplay. Commentators and bloggers often use the word "gate" when a politician is accused of trying to hide the truth.

VOA: special.2011.07.16

The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and the Eiffel Tower in Paris are also expected to go dark.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

"Emirates 202, actually I have a message for you to go back to the gate immediately."

VOA: special.2010.05.08

He rode that mountain lion all the way to the camp of the Hell's Gate Gang.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

The Golden Gate Strait is the entrance to the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

Later,once the plane left the gate, it was ordered to return for further investigation.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

"General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate!

VOA: special.2011.02.06

Visitors traveled from this gate house to the main house.

VOA: special.2009.11.16

"Namely,the Golden Gate Bridge." "And I used to watch the ships go out over the horizon.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

She says,'we went to visit, but have not been able to see our relatives.' She said relatives had only been allowed to drop off food at the gate and leave.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

This anniversary is about remembering the past. And as the dominoes run in a line from Potsdamer Platz, past Brandenburg Gate to the nearby parliament, they once again divide the city, even if only briefly.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09