Word: blanket
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...University does not have a blanket no-lofts policy, but each construction must be approved individually by the superintendent, said Robert Lyng, Facilities Maintenance manager for the Yard...
...government. The statement affirmed that "defense cooperation, including combined exercises, visits and logistical support arrangements, plays an essential part in promoting mutual security." Instead of rebuffing his party's antinuclear wing, however, it soon became apparent that Lange was siding with it. In late December, the U.S. sent a blanket request to New Zealand for port visits required by U.S. vessels in 1985. Lange replied that he preferred to deal with such matters on a case-by-case basis. To U.S. policymakers, that suggested that the Prime Minister had painted himself into a corner and did not know...
...longing for the old days "before everybody started dying," Justin mopes and takes solitary bike rides through this alien Yankee territory. On one such foray, she discovers a tumbledown hut by the side of a pond and decides to investigate. When she sees a woman inside, lying on a blanket and reading a book, Justin screams...
...like Christmas at the White House last week. The tree arrived, a 20-ft. blue spruce from Michigan. Nancy and Ronald Reagan, meanwhile, were sending off the official presidential Christmas card, a reproduction of a Jamie Wyeth painting that shows the White House's north portico under a blanket of snow marked by a winding trail of squirrel tracks. Printed and mailed at the expense of the Republican National Committee, the card will go out to 125,000 friends and supporters, about 50,000 more than last year. The Reagans apparently acquired some new friends on the road...
WHEN GEORGE Bush goes to bed at night, does he close his eyes and think, "Thank God I lost in the primaries and let a man as great as Ronald Reagan become President"? Or, smiling impishly into his blanket, does he say to himself, "Good, George. You've played your cards right. Lay low for a few more years and you've got the nomination all locked...