Word: tented
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White's is a transformation that begs for comparison with Saul's on the road to Damascus. Grandson of a tent revivalist, White was ghostwriter of choice in the 1980s to the Evangelical elite, co-authoring books with Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. One day, sitting with Falwell in a car surrounded by gay protesters, he realized he should be on the outside. After 25 years of clandestinely trying to "cure" himself via exorcism, electroshock and prayer, the father of two divorced and settled down with a man named Gary Nixon. Then he began searching...
...more negativity, it's a win-win deal," Gore and Bush told a press conference in Austin, Texas. "This will be the party of the big tent. The sum will be much greater than the component parts...
...seems to me that most first-years share these sentiments to at least some degree, though it certainly doesn't seem that way freshman year. But these feelings are highlighted--and exacerbated--by the orientation week activities fair. Organized by the Undergraduate Council, the fair is in a big tent you'll see on registration day, and remember for the next four years. You will come out of Sever Hall after having your I.D. photo taken and be routed through railings and ropes into this tent, which is filled with booths, and with representatives of each and every student organization...
...Here is what may be the best advice you'll ever get, so listen closely: Get out of that tent as quickly as possible. Nine out of 10 first-years end up jotting down their e-mail addresses on every list in the place, just because it's so convenient. The reigning thought pattern is, "Hey, why not get e-mails from this club? It sounds like I might be interested at some point in the next four years." Believe me, at this point you have very little idea what you will be interested in. Going into our senior year...
...wasn't funny. Not satisfied with that explanation, Universal Pictures last week sued Myers for $5 million, claiming that he actually pulled out of the movie during a May 30 meeting, after the studio had already laid out millions in production costs and made Dieter the Teutonic tent pole of its summer 2001 schedule. Myers, who is thinking of countersuing, released the following statement: "I cannot, in good conscience, accept $20 million and cheat moviegoers who pay their hard-earned money for my work by making a movie with an unacceptable script." Hopefully, similar problems can be avoided...