Word: tented
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Except the story doesn't end there. Late last year, to the general amazement of Austin's literary community, Lars Eighner was homeless again, living in a tent by a creek bridge not far from where he had written his famous book, eating from Dumpsters again, destitute and with few prospects. For more than two weeks, he lived there with his dog Lizbeth and the same male companion he has been with for nearly a decade. Then some of Eighner's friends rescued him, at least temporarily. For now, by the grace of those friends, the 49-year-old writer...
...wrong; and, more important, E.F. ("Sonny") Dewey. E.F. is the Texas preacher in The Apostle, a complex, cantankerous drama that Duvall wrote, directed, stars in and--after all the studios turned down the $5 million project--paid for. This renegade Pentecostalist has the spiel and showmanship to fill a tent or a temple; when E.F. talks, people listen. "I'm a genu-wine, Holy Ghost, Jesus-filled preachin' machine this mornin'!" He can woo a dying man to the Lord, but he can't heed his own gospel. He menaces his frazzled wife (Farrah Fawcett) and clubs a rival with...
...Veers Right The Republican National Committee is considering a proposal to make party funding to candidates conditional on support for a total ban on partial-birth abortions. Is the GOP going to burn its big tent...
...Veers Right The Republican National Committee is considering a proposal to make party funding to candidates conditional on support for a total ban on partial-birth abortions. Is the GOP going to burn its big tent...
...Armed Forces? The Pentagon calls for separate bunks in basic training. But if men and women can't stay out of trouble there, how will they do when they're all sleeping in the same tent...