Word: blanketing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...bill's first hurdle is the Energy and Commerce Committee. Facing blanket GOP opposition, Chairman Henry Waxman is seeking a majority among Democrats and negotiating separately with a number of members who represent regional and constituent concerns. Agreements have not quickly fallen into place, however, prompting a pair of developments Monday: a pep talk by President Obama, who reiterated his support for such legislation at a 90-minute White House meeting with Waxman and colleagues, and a public acknowledgement of the lack of consensus by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, who told reporters,: "Whether it's a gridlock...
...blanket-yarn market has disappeared, but we're developing a different yarn that will replace it," says Patrick. "This is unlike any recession we have experienced in most of our lifetimes, and it's cutting across virtually all segments of the economy. So we're doing everything possible to lessen the impact and create new avenues for business." It's a lesson that many in the U.S. textile business never learned...
Hookup: 1. A blanket term for a variety of sex acts, often devoid of emotional attachment, usually following a boozed up grind in a sweatpit of a party. Have fun with these! 4. Prefrosh. Probably what you’re looking for this weekend. Just remember, though—that not-so-cute guy you’re making out with now might be in your Expos class next fall. At any rate, you’ll probably see him every day in Annenberg...
...station,” Will explains to said friend. “You’d gone flat, playing tricks, not like Emily at all. I wanted to cool down. I wanted to take my clothes off. Then you came and wrapped around me like a blanket...
...says that after the Los Angeles Times blasted some of his colleagues, and the National Institutes of Health imposed a blanket ban on consulting, he decided to come out and write his first op-ed defending industry’s role in medicine...