Word: tented
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...national borders have bred such strife, what is the likelihood of erecting, let alone maintaining, a much larger tent? The idea might well remain a mirage, and Kabila may not be up to the challenge. But if anyone is ready, it is Uganda's Museveni, an ex-Marxist who has spearheaded one of the most remarkable economic and social comebacks in the world. Not only has Museveni reinvigorated a country that was once a synonym for horror, but he is also exerting profound influence across the breadth of sub-Saharan Africa. Old friends, proteges and disciples have either gained power...
Many mainstream physicians reject even this middle-of-the-road position, condemning Weil's books as the worst kind of medical malarkey, filled with sloppy science and tent-show miracles. What Weil sees as medicine, says Dr. Graham Woolf, a gastroenterologist at ucla-Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, "would never pass as a research protocol." Others are less troubled by Weil's science than by Weil himself, particularly the controversial positions he took earlier in his career, such as his perceived tolerance of marijuana and other recreational drugs...
...extracurricular fair is one of the highlights during freshman week," Rawlins said. "I would hate to see the fair diminished to the point where it would be easy to get through the tent...
MINA, Saudi Arabia: At least 180 Muslim pilgrims died when a tent city outside Mecca burst into flame. Witnesses said the fire started shortly before noon, possibly caused by the explosion of a gas cylinder used for cooking. High winds coupled with 104-degree heat caused the blaze to spread quickly among some 70,000 wood-and-canvas tents. Firefighters needed several hours to contain the blaze. As often happens in catastrophic fires, the majority of the casualties were victims of the side-effects of the blaze, in this case the stampede that broke out as the flames spread...
...strange, tasty elixir is what will be found to ooze from the core of the Big Apple Circus's new Medicine Show, currently appearing in Boston. Even the circus's venue is special: an enormous free-standing tent covered on the inside with stars and decorated with all the circus trimmings. The show is the Big Apple Circus's attempt to revive the age-old genre of a traveling medicine spectacle, combined with their "intimate" one-ring circus. All in all, the Big Apple delivers an entertaining diversion but not without a few strange interludes...