Word: tented
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...agenda. A "uniter, not a divider," he crows over his warm working relationships with Democrats in the Texas legislature. He keeps his distance from congressional Republicans because they're all so nasty and partisan up there in Washington, and he vows to bring civility to the place. His Big Tent will be the biggest ever. Why should a little disagreement over abortion make us all tense and angry with one another? The ideology-lite candidate, Bush was able to change from compassionate conservative to Bob Jones conservative and back again inside six weeks with near impunity, while Al Gore...
PHILADELPHIA--Tent city is a lonely place. There are 6,500 miles of fiber-optic cable, millions of inches of wires, more than 10,000 like-minded souls--and there's no one to talk to. It is Monday night, 7:26 p.m., inside the temporary Philadelphia headquarters of a major television news organization. The evening news has ended, the union crews are on a break and there are a few hours until we next go on the air. Most of us are just sitting here, clicking through our news wires...
Outside the major news organization's tent, the Japanese television network NHK is pissed off at its tent city neighbors, the major news organization. Between its two trailers is a great shortcut into the convention hall, but NHK wants its preciously paid for space all to itself. So the network taped a "DO NOT ENTER" sign to a sun-withered chair. It is ignored. And so are the resulting curses from Japanese television technicians...
...huffs up the hot sidewalk to catch poor Peter (whose sole protection was two young assistants, each of which had papers in their hands and heavy bags on their shoulders). But Peter is nice. He says a kind word and takes refuge under a magnetometer in a security tent. The daughter finally finds her camera and snaps away...
...back in the tent now. Clicking through the wires...