Word: tented
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...those who are sent to A.A. as part of a court sentence. The newcomers often bring an array of ancillary problems to meetings, including emotional trauma and addiction to other drugs. As the organization metamorphoses, its supporters wonder whether A.A. can or should be such a big tent. "That's a real question," says George Vaillant, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and an expert on A.A. "Where is the line? What is the responsible limit of tolerance...
Inside Memorial Hall, first years fill outforms and sign their names several times. Theyexit the building, only to enter a tent in whichthey are attacked from all sides by members ofvarious extracurricular groups: JoinHarvard-Radcliffe Orchestra! Comp the Advocate!Interested in Public Service? Wanna be a HarvardCheerleader? Comp The crimson! Studentsinvariably get involved in some of theseactivities and wind up either enriched or bootedfrom school after they devote 20 hours a day tothe organization and forget to study...
...Dobson, head of the powerful Focus on Family organization, fired off open letters to party chairman Haley Barbour, complaining bitterly about the lack of immediate payoff from the November election. Fearful of compromising with "anti-family" elements, Dobson argued that it was time to fold the all-inviting "big tent" of the Republican Party. In contrast, Reed argues for a more inclusive Coalition and struggles to appear more secular (in New Hampshire last week, for example, he declined an invitation to give the invocation before the senate because he did not want TV cameras to record him in prayer). There...
...practicality. About 6,000 Cubans at Guantanamo, mostly women, children and elderly, have already received permission to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds. The remaining 15,000, mostly young men, were facing indefinite detention-a good recipe for riots. welcome to hell, said a sign scrawled on a tent at Guantanamo last week, while inside six sweaty and bored young men lolled on olive-drab cots. Only days after the announcement, they were no longer jubilant, realizing it could still take months for them to reach...
Springfest, attracted more than 2,000 students and featured 12 carnival events, including a moon-bounce, a high-striker and a game tent. Ten bands also played throughout the afternoon, including the local bands G-Love and Special Sauce, Spatula, Swedish Cookie, Fuzzy Navel and Daily Planet...