Word: blanketing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This street-fighting business had begun because of the way we were all dressed. We all wore denims and Joel even had a helmet as well as a pack. He looked the part. A real street-fighter. Until he opened his pack and pulled out an electric blanket...
Finally, we put all our junk down in order to rest for a moment. I was on the verge of suggesting that we spend the night in the woods, even though there it would be impossible for Joel to plug in his electric blanket...
...last January, the FBI helped him set up his "New York Press Service," a photo agency dedicated to photographing people in the movement. "The next time your organization schedules a demonstration," Salzberg's solicitation letter read, "let us know in advance. We'll cover it like a blanket and deliver a cost-free sample of our work to your office. No obligation to purchase, naturally...
...blanket charges against the Center as a bastion of United States imperialism would be comic, were it not for the despicable methods and threats which accompany them, and for the willful ignorance of the Center's resources and operations on which these charges are based. It is in the interest of all members of the Harvard community, regardless of political opinion or field of study, to condemn and to discourage what, under the noble pretense of fighting imperialism, amounts to nothing but an ominous attack on academic freedom...
PREOCCUPATION WITH TRIVIA. The FTC devotes an astonishing proportion of its energy to attacking allegedly misleading textile-and fur-labeling practices. It has questioned a fur label on which "South West Africa" was abbreviated to "S.W. Africa" and a "90% wool" label on a blanket that was 89.9% wool. On the other hand, the commission does not even screen local TV and radio commercials or scan newspaper ads to detect the fraudulent practices-fictitious pricing, home-improvement gyps, "bait-and-switch"schemes-that the FTC's own studies indicate are widely practiced in ghetto areas. The main reason...