Word: tenting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...shot of tetanus antitoxin (to counteract the poison released by the bacteria in the festering wound), penicillin to reduce the spread of infection, sedatives to calm the anguished patient, and muscle relaxants to ease his stiffening, contorted body. They cleaned the infected wound and put Douma in an oxygen tent (because the nerve center that controls breathing is especially susceptible to tetanus poison). But it seemed to be too late. During the next 24 hours, Douma suffered several convulsions and muscle spasms. His back arched like...
...place during the hour-long bus ride must have succeeded, for the rain did cease to let an overcast sky light the festivities of the dap. The avid golfers immediately took off for the dark green slopes, while some warm-blooded youngsters headed for the outdoor pool. The liquor tent, however, with its 16 bartenders, kept the rest of the crowd pleasantly relaxed for the remainder of the morning...
...fish went their way. The handy bibs served their purpose especially well for those who decided that one good twist of the wrist was just as good as any manufactured claw-cracker. Leaving the mounds of shells behind after ice cream and coffee, '37 emerged from its "lobster" tent and once again looked to the sky, hoping for at least one glimpse of pure...
...cathedral's chapels have specific roles in both design and function. The Chapel of Unity, across the nave from the baptistry window, has a floor of intricately designed marble mosaic by Sweden's Einar Forseth and a ceiling arched to the shape of a Crusader's tent. To Spence, it is the heart of the cathedral's theme of unity. In another corner, the Chapel of Christ the Servant looks out through plain windows on the reality of grimy Coventry below, attempting to project the cathedral into Coventry's workaday world. Near by, the Chapel...
Under a brown and white tent in the museum's statue-populated backyard is a collection of 115 pieces of sports equipment, a glistening trove of varnished wood, polished steel and glowing leather. All the objects were selected by the museum's Arthur Drexler, who believes that function and designer's taste combine to make a piece of sports equipment modern art. After the objects were selected, the editors of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED approved their performance qualities...