marquees

The first shell burst in the hospital lines, and Major J.F. Donegan, the chief medical officer, who, fearing to prejudice General Yule's operations, had done nothing to inform the enemy that his marquees were the only inhabited tents, now determined to spare the wounded the horrors of further bombardment.

History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government Great Britain. War Office 1876

Since the global financial crisis spooked bean counters and they hid the key to the petty-cash tin, seven big-name marquees have flown the coup.

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Over each the plane swooped low, so that the photographer might make pictures of the garlanded streets, the bannered steeples, the white marquees and tents in the opens fields, prepared for Jubilee teas.

Writer With a Cause Martin Rubin 2011

Music festivals come in all different shapes, sizes and flavors and sometimes, with the blinding laser beams from the marquees of Coachella, Lollapalooza and ACL, it's easy to forget how many great options are out there.

Stephanie Keller: Three Music Festival Getaway Ideas for Spring/Summer Stephanie Keller 2011

Increasingly, gallery and museum marquees, just like those at the cineplex, begin to look the same, and I realize how much the art world is being leveled by politics, globalization, satellite galleries and art fairs, as well as by the safety and allure of star power.

The Usual Suspects Lance Esplund 2010

The churches should all put “The Enemy is Ignorance” in their marquees.

Think Progress » Nashville residents of all faiths pledge support for local Muslims after hate crime vandalism. 2010

Music festivals come in all different shapes, sizes and flavors and sometimes, with the blinding laser beams from the marquees of Coachella, Lollapalooza and ACL, it's easy to forget how many great options are out there.

Stephanie Keller: Three Music Festival Getaway Ideas for Spring/Summer Stephanie Keller 2011

Music festivals come in all different shapes, sizes and flavors and sometimes, with the blinding laser beams from the marquees of Coachella, Lollapalooza and ACL, it's easy to forget how many great options are out there.

Stephanie Keller: Three Music Festival Getaway Ideas for Spring/Summer Stephanie Keller 2011

Music festivals come in all different shapes, sizes and flavors and sometimes, with the blinding laser beams from the marquees of Coachella, Lollapalooza and ACL, it's easy to forget how many great options are out there.

Stephanie Keller: Three Music Festival Getaway Ideas for Spring/Summer Stephanie Keller 2011

In between lie dwellings protected from the fierce heat by canvas marquees.

Dig These Ancient Wonders Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011