Word: blanket
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...They tootled through the Foundation grounds, to the wooded hillside where the Presidential Marine guard was tenting. Pointing, the President said: "There's your tent, Pa. It's been pretty chilly lately but I think you'll be all right with a good army blanket. The stove is a bit rusty but the boys will build a fire in it and if the water freezes in your bucket you can thaw it out enough to shave." "That's fine," declared the colonel enthusiastically. "Eighty per cent of my service was spent under canvas...
...people who voted for me were." Today the Auvergnat is considered at heart a Fascist. For six months he has been ruling France by decrees which are those of a Dictator in every respect except the most important one. They were not imposed by force but issued under blanket authority voluntarily granted by the Chamber. A dictator and yet not a dictator, a fascist and yet not a fascist, a onetime socialist who was perhaps never really a socialist, Pierre Laval makes upon millions of Frenchmen the impression of a leader of prudence and common sense. After Deputy Guernut...
...seil to whoever will buy. Last week Adolf Hitler let it be known that he will stand no nonsense from Capitalists attempting to make speculative purchases in Germany of material the Fatherland needs for its own war machine, with a view to selling at a profit to Italy. Brazil Blanketed. From a world news standpoint the effect of Geneva's lie was to blanket and distract attention from the arrival in Geneva that day of by far the most negative note received by the League of Nations since it asked nonLeague States to declare themselves on sanctions. Cabled...
...thought the madder I got because I needed my keys about unlockin' things. Here I was unable to get into my place without crawlin' in the window. I lived there and I had a right nice place. I had me a hot plate and as good a blanket as you ever...
...television trouble in the U. S., where radio is in corporate hands, is the problem of distance. For clear reception ultrashort waves (one to nine metres) are required, and these have ranges of only 25 to 50 miles, depending on the height of the broadcasting tower. To blanket the whole country would require a network of stations estimated to cost between...