Word: blanket
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...steam-driven 4:56 from Cannon Street was headed out for Ramsgate and the channel coast. Overhead, on the viaduct that crosses the main lines on the southeastern edge of London, an electric local was inching forward. At precisely 6:20, in a moment of ghostly horror, the blanket of fog was lit by a blinding blue flash. St. John's grimy brick houses rocked to a crash that sounded, said one resident, "like the explosion of a ton of bombs." Plunging ahead in the fog, the steam train had plowed into the rear of the electric train, whipped...
Long before the end-zone seats for the Baltimore Colts-San Francisco Forty Niners football game went on sale last week, one fan camped out in front of the box office. He had a Thermos of coffee, a blanket, and an electric razor. "After I buy my ticket," he explained, "I'll go to a service station and shave. I've got to look presentable for the Forty Niners...
Wool jersey matching seperates are naturals for the middy-look. Slim or pleated skirts are mated with jersey overblouses, some hanging loosely at the hips, others elasticized at the hipline. The girl with exotic tastes can even find a mix-match set whose jersey overblouse resembles a Navajo Indian blanket. The blouse has a horizontal design of red, gold and white on a background of loden green, and the skirt is loden green wool. The outfit is manufactured by Dorothy Kerby...
Every detail in the book is keyed to the general tones and the death is meaningful to all it touches. The wife of a stranger who finds Jay's body replaces with a sheet the horse blanket her husband had put over the dead man. This is the only way she can participate in the tragedy; it's all a stranger can do to show her sorrow and it's enough...
...rent cars around the globe. The new firm, called Hertz American Express International Ltd., will set up a system whereby a traveler can drive a Hertz car to any U.S. airport, hop a plane, and have another Hertz auto meet him at the terminal abroad. The company will first blanket Europe with rental agencies, then push on to South America and the rest of the world. Eventually, a traveler will be able to rent a car from Aachen to Zanzibar simply by phoning his nearest Hertz or American Express office, travel agent, airline or shipping company...