Word: blanket
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Maria di Galeria, twelve miles northwest of Rome, the 100-kw. main transmitter, more powerful by 40 kw. than Marconi's, is equipped with 24 Telefunken directional aerials (designed to overcome variations in signal strength caused by fluctuations in the ionosphere). A second, medium-distance transmitter, able to blanket the Mediterranean basin, will replace the short-range broadcaster, but will not interfere with Rome's stations, as the old unit...
Despite the President's attempt to throw a damp blanket over discussion of the Soviet feat, scientists, defense experts, and legislators have not hidden their concern. To them, the man-made moon is a signal for reappraisal of American defense structure and scientific ability...
Esplanade Concerts. Each evening at 8:30 for the rest of this week members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra give a free concert in the Hatch Memorial Shell by the banks of the Charles River. Take subway and blanket to Charles Station...
...week's end city police strengthened their coverage of uptown gang areas. But their blanket was too thin. One night, only 73 hours after the Farmer attack, 18-year-old George Marshall, standing on a Bronx street with a friend, was set upon by five boys and two girls, stabbed to death as his companion ran for help...
Cement-union strategists began planning last year for this first all-out assault on manufacturers, aiming especially at an industry-wide blanket contract instead of the customary plant-by-plant settlement. In the dusty cement bag dumped on the negotiation tables by the union were demands for a 13?-an-hour increase (to $2.20), a 10% premium for Sunday work, four-week vacations after 30 years service, and a clause forbidding companies to hire outside service personnel when inside manpower is available...