Word: blanketted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Once upon a time, in the land of the silver screen, summer was reserved for hanging out and making out--preferably at the beach and not in that order. That was how Gidget found her Moondoggie, how Frankie and Annette learned beach-blanket bingo and how Grease's Danny met a girl crazy for him. Sure, those were movies, but when Danny waxed poetic about his nights of summer loving, nobody thought, "What a slacker...
...early '70s. Much of the excitement has hovered around Lilith itself, which boosted once underrated talents like Lucinda Williams and Shawn Colvin. But the soul of the new female pop machine is surely McLachlan, whose tunes have gained the kind of prom-night, dorm-room and beach-blanket popularity that shows people have woven her music into their lives...
...Satellite radio is just what it sounds like -- radio signals broadcast from an orbiting transmitter -- but it'll have huge advantages over conventional radio. Satellite radio can blanket the country with its signals, so you'll never drive out of range of your favorite station; zones that a satellite can't reach, such as areas with tall buildings, will be taken care of by ground-based relay stations. Satellite radio is also much clearer than conventional radio, and it can offer hundreds of different channels, some of which (or so its promoters promise) will be commercial-free. MORE...
...truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at Crimson editorial meetings, you want me at that podium, you need me at that podium," she wrote. "I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a staff that rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very services I provide, and then questions the fact that I provide them...
...There are no specialized NGOs for blanket monitoring," McKean said. "But you could have local NGOs double-checking Pricewaterhouse numbers...