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Watergate (disambiguation)

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Watergate may refer to:
  • Watergate complex, an office-apartment-hotel complex built in 1967 in northwest Washington, D.C.
  • Watergate scandal, a 1972 break-in at the Watergate Hotel by members of President Richard Nixon's administration and the resulting cover-up
  • Watergate tapes, also known as the Nixon tapes, a collection of conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and various White House staff members
  • Watergate burglaries, which took place between May and June 1972, resulting in the Watergate scandal
  • See also, List of scandals with "-gate" suffix
  • "Watergate" (Stargate SG-1), an episode from Season 4
  • Watergate Beach, a mile stretch of sand situated in Cornwall near Newquay
  • Traitor's Gate, an entrance to the Tower of London accessible by boat
  • Watergate (club), an electronic music club in Berlin
  • "WaTergaTe", a song by industrial/electro-pop band ohGr
  • Watergate salad, a dish made with pistachio pudding and whipped cream
  • A gate opening onto water, or only or mainly accessible by water
Location: Washington, DC

Area: Foggy Bottom
Built/Founded: 1962
Architect: Moretti, Luigi; Timchenko, Boris, et al.
Architectural style(s): Modern Movement
Added to NRHP: October 12, 2005

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Watergate is a general term for a series of political scandals, which began with the arrest of five men who broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Washington, D.C., office/apartment complex and hotel called the Watergate on June 17, 1972.
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The Watergate tapes, also known as the Nixon tapes, are a collection of recordings of conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and various White House staff members, made on the White House taping system and White House DictaBelts.
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The suffix -gate derives from the Watergate scandal of the United States in the early 1970s, which resulted in the resignation of U.S. President Richard Nixon. The word "Watergate" is derived from the Watergate Complex, where the scandal started.
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Episode no. Season 4
Episode 7
Guest stars Marina Sirtis as Dr. Svetlana Markov
Tom McBeath as Col. Maybourne
Gary Jones as Walter Harriman
Darryl Scheelar as Co-Pilot
Written by Robert C.
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Watergate Beach is a mile stretch of sand situated in Cornwall near Newquay. The beach has toilets, a shop and cafe. The beach is a popular surfing spot. A lifeguard service operates in the summer. The beach has two car parks. Dogs are allowed all year on the beach.
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Traitor's Gate. The gate was built by Edward I, to provide a water gate entrance to the Tower, part of St. Thomas's Tower, which was designed to provide additional accommodation for the royal family.
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Watergate is a general term for a series of political scandals, which began with the arrest of five men who broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Washington, D.C., office/apartment complex and hotel called the Watergate on June 17, 1972.
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Watergate salad is a sweet-tasting dessert salad made from combining pistachio-flavoured instant pudding, whipped topping, crushed pineapple, and small marshmallows, although there are many slight variations with additional ingredients.
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