Word: blanket
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tried to break into a store. "When surprised by the even more astonished agents," the marauder wounded one of them. "He was kicked to death that night, on the cold stone floor of our little .local station, and, with intestines steam-ingly exposed, was lugged under a cheap stiff blanket to the morgue. . . . That ended the unfortunate affair...
...such an overall rule were sanctioned Harvard Square florists would suffer a major blow, since they depend upon college trade more than any other block of customers. For many of the flower shops, Harvard business makes the difference between profit and loss. It seems only fair that no blanket ban should be imposed against their goods, for it is really up to an individual to decide whether he can buy or not. And as far as a luxury goes, it is no more than a few movies. The idea of buying defense stamps as an alternative is fine, though...
...last have a complete record of how much of what there is and where it is going. So, three weeks ago, Jim Knowlson announced that, by June 30, Purp would take over the whole field-including the strategic Prated industries (aircraft, tanks, etc.), which up to now have had blanket- ratings, for the most part with no limit upon the time or quantity they were good for. Thereafter nobody, no matter how strategic, will get any priorities help except for a specific amount of material for a specific purpose for a specific length of time...
...created an idyllic little college. In a region where State universities predominate, Carleton (cost: $850 a year) is considered a rich boys' & girls' college, but President Cowling tolerates no swank. His students are forbidden cars, have no fraternities or sororities, devote themselves to such simple amusements as blanket parties in the Arboretum (a campus park). Freshmen wear little green caps (boys) or green mittens (girls...
...Hialeah Park, more closely crowded than the horses, prepared for a rush-hour start-it was necks and rumps, then necks and necks. On the far turn the horses were bunched like a hand of bananas. Coming into the stretch, the first ten could have been covered with a blanket. But the favorites were too near the stem. Market Wise, the people's choice, got lost in the early shuffle...