Word: tented
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Concerned that the U.S. would attack Libya again (U.S. air strikes reportedly just missed Qadhafi in his tent, in a retaliatory attack after the Berlin bombing), Qadhafi began to "call every Arab leader on his Rolodex" to lobby for an Arab summit, the cable says. U.S. diplomats had learned, from sources whose identity appears to be blacked out, that "Qadhafi was concerned that he had no direct communications with the [U.S. government] other than through his speeches," according to the cable. U.S. embassy officials were told "that Qadhafi had sounded hysterical in his telephone call to [Jordan's] King Abdullah...
...dramatic increase in the number of Harvard volunteers reflected a broader trend, as students from colleges across the country opted to spend spring break doing service in the Gulf. Tent cities of volunteers have popped up in parts of the Crescent City. Harvard students arrived at the tail end of the March boom...
...TIME: The authorities have been promising not to crack down on what they called "a pathetic tent camp." Why such a change of heart on their part...
...back in 1918 and destroyed several months later. Lots of people always gather to mark this day. Now, the anniversary coincided with mass election fraud protests. The opposition has called upon the people to come to the square en masse to protest. The authorities were scared that this "pathetic tent camp" worked as a toehold for the dozens of thousands who would show up tomorrow - and turn Minsk into a free city. So they moved to remove...
...Kozulin: What happened last night is just a part of a general crackdown. They have been picking up people individually - not just opposition activists, but many of those who as much as dared bring food to the tent camp. Same as the Nazis arrested those trying to bring some food to concentration camps inmates. In just three days after the election, they have arrested close to 1,000 people, including the kids in the square. They had also arrested some 500 activists within the week before the election. They destroy this country's future when they stifle the people...