Word: entertainments
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...that are commonplace among servicemen. In his 2003 book Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles, author and former Marine Anthony Swofford describes how his unit staged a "field f___," a simulated mass rape of one Marine by others, to let off steam and entertain a visiting journalist. Says Swofford of the scenes at Abu Ghraib: "We can be assured that somewhere on American military bases throughout the world, some people are treating their peers the same...
...derives from making rolls and puff pastries, they support his decision. Yanko says the young people at his school seem more intense than many of the career changers, who, in his opinion, are "going through the motions trying to learn a little bit here and there so they can entertain their friends and family." He, on the other hand, is consumed. "I'm planning on making my life out of it. So I need to be all in this all the time, just working night...
Under new campaign-finance rules, big donors can no longer spend lavish sums to entertain politicians at the parties' national conventions. But that won't stop the partying this year. House majority leader Tom DeLay has set up a tax-exempt charity called Celebrations for Children, which will raise hundreds of thousands of dollars from top donors at the Republican Convention in New York City by offering them yacht cruises, tickets to Broadway shows and the chance to mingle with Republican lawmakers at parties. DeLay aides say all the net proceeds will go to programs for foster children, a cause...
...Hyperion Company, Harvard’s only student-run Shakespeare company, will help to kick off Arts First with a rollicking comedy. Calling it one of Shakespeare’s most intense (yet bawdy) and probing (yet hilarious) plays,” this one is sure to entertain. Free to all. Through May 8. Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland...
...alternate tunings—and their absent human drummer. Barlow, the king of cool, brushed off these comments (and those about Mascis made during and after “The Freed Pig”) with a simple statement: “These are songs. They are written to entertain an audience. The people and situations are irrelevant. Take them and make them your own.” His forceful entreaty shut up the crowd and caused a moment of reflection about the sensitivity of the heart-on-sleeve singer-songwriter...