Word: tented
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About 75 people mingled in a tent outside the Science Center sipping wine and munching catered hors d’oeuvres...
...Owner John Constance, a two-term Sackets Harbor mayor and former-Marine, has a son-in-law, Major Pat Frank, with the 101st Airborne Division. Frank?s tent was one of the ones that was hit in March by grenades tossed by a fellow serviceman at Camp Pennsylvania, in Kuwait. Pat was returning from the showers when it happened. ?Its been such a strain on my poor daughter [Jennifer],? says Constance. ?It?s unfortunate he?s missing all this fun in our family, but the good thing is it?s keeping my daughter?s mind occupied...
Unlike Senior Soirees of years past, which boasted a heated tent and an open bar, this year’s soiree was an austere affair where, seniors complained, the alcohol quickly ran dry. Class marshals are quick to point out that this decrease in luxury was in part attributable to the Radcliffe Alumnae Association’s decision not to subsidize the event this year. But under such circumstances, the Senior Class Committee ought to have foreseen the unfavorable comparisons that would be drawn between this year’s events and last year’s events and considered...
...trumpets and tubas of the University Band struck up, and the parade was off again—headed toward the kickoff picnic set up under a white-and-yellow striped tent on the Science Center lawn...
...then discuss summer plans. Lauren, my fellow infiltrator, shows a remarkable talent for improvisation and says she’s going to live on the beach, in a tent. It’s a living experiment. Following suit, I announce that I am doing a photo essay about her and her tent life. Andy swallows this story whole. I suppose he’s heard stranger things this weekend...