Word: tente
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...shake the Democratic Party by its heels, Third Way resembles Obama in style as well. "We play a role helping bridge gaps," says one of the group's founders, Matt Bennett. "I think we've helped move the party in a new direction that opened up the tent a little wider. But we've done it by acting as a broker, helping progressives connect better with middle America...
...thing about the Olympics is that if you start to wander around, you never know what you'll find. Case in point: I was walking outside of the table tennis venue at Peking University this week when I saw this sign - "Gluing Tent." Actually, I smelled it before I saw it - that sweetly sharp, pungent odor of Elmer's gone wild. With fond memories of those grade school glue highs, I popped in, hoping for a much-needed week two lift, and maybe some bonding moments with a few fellow sniffers, and saw a long table, a dozen...
This can't be, I thought - a glue sniffing tent? Really? At the Olympics? Weird, but, you know, pretty progressive of the International Olympic Committee. "Jia you" Jacques Rogge...
...think the players would entrust their precious paddles to just anybody? Oh, no. They trek to the gluing tent themselves - by international rules, it has to be someplace well ventilated - some 10-15 minutes before they have to play, and engage in the ritualistic application process. After each meet, they peel off the rubber so the paddle is ready for its next gluing. They bring out small plastic pots of glue with brushes and quickly slather on the glue to the outside of their paddle. Vertical stripes? Horizontal bars? Swirly circles? Each player has his own pattern, and once they...
...with you, Claude, and so are many of the players. "I think women should wear a dress like tennis players, I think our dress is so boring, not sexy," said Wang. And if that doesn't work, the ITTF might want to think about opening up that glue tent to the spectators...