Word: blanket
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...minutes of discussion. The removal of excommunication requires the personal approval of Pope Paul VI, but that should be a mere formality. For one thing, the bishops' vote to ask for the change was a lopsided 231 to 8; for another, only the U.S. church has ever imposed blanket excommunication...
Reid A. Coccalis '78, a member of the committee, took the key to the garden Saturday, opened the gate, spread out his blanket, got out his sunglasses and settled down to read...
...takeoff." Soon after the jet leaves the ground, another technician in the station, known as departure control, picks up the jet on radar and guides it out of the general area of the airport. Next, a controller in one of the 20 air-route traffic control centers that blanket the country takes over responsibility, monitors the jet through his section of the sky, and then hands it on to the adjoining control center...
...Each section listed reported violations of 13 fundamental rights recognized by the United Nations, including protection from personal violence, the right to a fair trial, due process of law and the freedoms of expression, religion, assembly, travel and association. Among the most frequent worldwide violations: lengthy imprisonment without trial, blanket security laws that allow governments to suspend civil liberties and curbs on free expression (the press in 52 of the countries works under the threat of government restriction). Incidents of torture often involving terrorists and dissidents were reported in 32 of the states...
...National Weather Service reports that the "flood potential" is high in an area covering western New York and Pennsylvania and extending into most of West Virginia, parts of Ohio and the northeastern tip of Kentucky. Much of that region lies beneath a blanket of snow that is six inches or more thick. Says Herb Lieb, a spokesman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: "It's like a great, frigid lake, ready to run during a sudden thaw. We could have the makings of some real flood disasters...