Word: blanketed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Date Rape Task Force was set up almost a year and a half ago in the wake of the protests that followed insensitive comments by Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 and Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education Jeffrey Wolcowitz on the subject of date rape. The blanket dismissal by the Ad Board of the suggestions of the Task Force--a group set up to critique the Ad Board's own performance--is more than a little disturbing...
...ball floated up and back to the five yard line and Harvard's Brian Ramer smothered it like a blanket. Big Play...
...That's going to start the learning process," Shabazz replied, saying the image could spark young people's interest in Malcolm X's teachings. She also cited its effect as a "security blanket," to give young people confidence...
...make a blanket statement [that rates would rise] would not be accurate," he said...
Dubious Denials. Cornered by the press, the scandal-scarred politician finally deigns to answer the charges against him. Listen to his language carefully, especially for signs of the overly specific denial. "On my word of honor, I never accepted cash or other favors in office" is not a blanket refutation of bribery. Maybe he was handed the money in a hotel room or while he was still a candidate. Denying a "five-year affair" is different from claiming a lifetime of marital fidelity. An advanced gambit is angrily rebutting a charge that was never made. When Richard Nixon claimed...