Word: tented
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...trying to score some crack. Irwin Hentschel gently coaxes Tammy's story out of her. Drug rehab failed twice, and the latest of her 13 children is a crack baby. Tammy's boyfriend shows up, and the two lead Irwin Hentschel back to their home, a makeshift tent next to an abandoned house. "It's Calcutta," Irwin Hentschel says, looking in. "On the one hand, I want to say, 'Pull yourself together.' And on the other side of it, you think, 'There but for the grace...
...mildly, the conventional levers of foreign policy don't really apply to Bin Laden's world. And last year's cruise missile attacks on his tent camps in Afghanistan only served to boost Bin Laden's image in the Islamic world. Figuring out ways of responding to these unconventional threats is highlighted in "Global Trends 2015" as one of the primary challenges of the next 15 years...
...Gore gave for his staff and closest supporters after his concession speech last night turned out to be a pretty good time. Somewhere around midnight, guest Jon Bon Jovi - who had bonded with the veep during the campaign - suggested that the cover band that was playing in the tent outside the vice president's official residence might be due for some reinforcements. Bon Jovi turned down the immediate calls that he take the stage, but asked if he might recruit some friends who happened to be in town for a benefit...
...didn't make some of them. Whatever--the add-ons to a 12-year, $300 million contract reportedly include an escalator clause that would automatically bump A-Rod's salary over anyone else's; a luxury box at the stadium for the star's entourage; private jet service; a tent at spring training from which to sell A-Rod souvenirs; a private marketing staff and an office at the park. Oh, yes, and a special request of the Mets: a guarantee that A-Rod would enjoy a greater billboard presence in Gotham than his crosstown rival, shortstop Derek Jeter...
...leave my house at 3:15 p.m. and arrive at the Marine Air Terminal of LaGuardia at 3:40 for a 4:30 flight. Normally, this would be plenty of time. I enter the terminal through the main entrance and find myself redirected to a large white tent. To my dismay, Delta is not hosting a flea market for old blankets, pillows, and peanuts or offering a circus show with tigers jumping through rings of fire for my pre-flight entertainment. I have to stand in line under this white tent just to get inside of the terminal...