Word: tente
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...Thomas' four-day Tarkine Trail ($470, including gourmet organic meals, transport from Hobart or Launceston and tent accommodation) skirts the ridge above the magnificent Eason's Creek, before plunging into the wooded gorge. It took Thomas more than 100 days to pick out the trail, following animal tracks that zigzag through giant ferns across the forest floor and following the natural contours of the land?a practice that reflects his commitment to causing minimum disruption to the environment. Along the way, walkers encounter the Tarkine Falls?a majestic, three-tiered wall of water, partly veiled by fern?and the magical...
...we’ve heard how California’s der gropen fuehrer has turned his considerable charms on sleepy, star-struck Sacramento—that under a canvas tent outside the state capitol, surrounded by sculptures and pictures of himself, the self-described “biggest star in the world” shares Cuban cigars with assemblymen from places like Oxnard and Fullerton. Occasionally, he even offers them rides back to their districts on his Gulfstream jet, and lets them bask in the light of his Hollywood-produced 67 percent approval rating in front of a hometown crowd...
...members of the news media and BPD may say, this year’s tailgate was the safest yet. Although alcohol admits to University Health Services (UHS) doubled this year, we agree with UHS director David S. Rosenthal ’59 in attributing this increase to the medical tent on the tailgate grounds. By making it much easier than two years ago for students to seek medical attention, UHS did its part to ensure that students who drank unsafely were cared for efficiently. Indeed, unlike two years ago there were no urgent, life-threatening cases of alcohol consumption. While...
...Palestinians there are growing anxieties about whether Abbas, a moderate who took over as chairman of the P.L.O. after Arafat's death, can survive the runup to the election for a new President, scheduled for Jan. 9. Two days after Arafat's funeral, gunmen opened fire inside a mourning tent in Gaza where Abbas was appearing, killing two of his bodyguards. Senior officials from Fatah, the main faction of the P.L.O., told TIME they are worried that more attempts to kill Abbas will be staged by groups within Fatah opposed to his election. Then there is the issue...
Rosenthal also praised the first-aid tent, the pre-Game breakfast and the nearly 1,000 bottles of water handed out by the nursing staff as factors limiting the numbers of serious alcohol poisonings...