Word: blanketed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What the investigators found first was bizarre. Inside the compound were 50 small cubicles, each containing a cult member lying on a blanket. All were suffering from malnutrition, but most claimed they were fasting voluntarily, and only six of the most seriously wasted were hospitalized. Another young woman was reportedly lifted from inside a small windowless container in which she had been confined since mid-January. The only arrests the police made were of three doctors on the premises and a cult official, on suspicion of unlawful confinement...
...were at UNO's, and I really wanted cheesecake with chocolate ice cream. They didn't have any, so I ran to Store 24 to buy some and I brought it back. Tracy was completely humiliated. But then she'll walk around with this checkered, pastelly-colored air-line blanket over her head and she totally loves it when people comment on it. I find that really embrrassing...
Lebed: Positively. It's my ``porcupine'' theory of command. No commander can know everything. He must rely on deputies, competent in the narrow areas assigned them. His responsibility is to make sure none of them tugs the blanket to one side of the bed. A deputy who answers ``Yes, sir'' to every stupid thing his commander says can get his boss into serious trouble. He must have the courage to take a stand and be able to defend...
...suggests warming up by "sleeping with someone who retains a lot of heat." For those of us not so fortunate, many other creative ways to stay warm abound. For example, Padilla recalled a "pseudo-sleepover" in Leverett House where "everyone brought his or her own space heater and electric blanket" in order to maximize minimal and precious heat...
...heard and to fend off silence. Mamet's dialogue is like a spell, when it works right One is hypnotized, and can't help but hear what he wants emphasized. The characters babble on in a Beckett-like fashion about whatever comes to mind--an old photograph, a torn blanket, an impending camping trip with John and his absent father. As they ramble along, certain phrases stick out and become emblematic. Examining the photograph, Donny comments, "It all goes so quickly." Referring to a forgotten blanket, John asks "Why did you stop using it?" When it becomes clear that...