Word: blanketted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After waking up under a blanket of over two feet of snow, it was painfully evident that Mother Nature took April Fool's Day a little too far this year...
...brown--and somewhat orange--among us contrast noticeably more with the white blanket covering fair Harvard. Where have the tan been this last week and what have they been doing on spring break...
...most important info I gleaned from these online encounters is that "mafia" has evolved into a blanket term applied to gangs from Tokyo to St. Petersberg, and the new generation is gaining strength. With the addition of multicultural dons--from Colombian Gilberto "The Chess Player" Orejuela to Japanese godfather Yoshinori Watanabe--'90s gangland has become a politically correct industry in which drug smuggling, racketeering and prostitution rings are all equal opportunity employers, an image which, needless to say, warrants a trip down memory lane...
...CINEMA, Jan. 13], you included the remarks of a specialized film booker who said, "Even college students" no longer go to foreign films but would rather watch Beavis and Butt-head. Hey, dude, listen up. As a junior at Carnegie Mellon University, I am offended by such a blanket statement. Believe it or not, there are mature, intelligent college students who can understand, follow and appreciate foreign films. We can even grasp all the topics that gramps knew. Your attitude is just part of the epidemic of Generation-X bashing, which is getting tiresome. I and others like me would...
...tried to tackle a massive debt. Economists estimate that as much as 75% of the population languishes in lower-class status. Jobs have disappeared; the cost of public services has shot up. As a result, even those close to Fujimori warn against interpreting his welcome in pueblos jovenes as blanket backing. "He shows up in neighborhoods where not many people have work," says one skeptical adviser, "and it's the day's entertainment. Of course they are going to come out and wave." Like Marcial Surco in San Juan de Amancaes: he came out to wave last week, but volunteered...