Word: coverer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sense of the system, which is so important in his line of work, seemed impeccable. You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. You cover up my brutal rape and murder of a young girl, I'll cover up your minor felonies, too. So why did he turn his back on the country which had been scratching it for so long? Where did he go wrong...
Important Japanese innovations cover a broad range of industries. A computerized automobile carburetor manufactured and patented by Nissan Motor was cited about 50 times in subsequent applications. Computer Horizons considers 50 follow-up citations an extraordinarily high number. Canon's patent for the optical disc, one form of which is the compact disc sold in record stores, was mentioned 56 times. An antibiotic developed by Takeda Chemical Industries earned more than 100 subsequent citations. Among recent advances, Hitachi has patented various processes for a higher-resolution TV, called IDTV, which produces a much sharper picture than conventional color TV. Some...
...aides complain that reporters cover his style, not his message. But he is remarkably successful in phrasing a message that others understand -- "keepin' the grass down where the goats can get at it," in the famous advice George Wallace gave him. ("We can't have no goats jumpin' in the air after grass," Jackson says.) Certainly his rivals have grasped his message, especially Richard Gephardt, who dramatized his anticorporate populism in a series of ads that led Michael Dukakis to say "That's Jesse's line." Jackson, picking up on that in a Des Moines debate, said he could...
...door of one down-and-out Wigglesworth rooming group displayed the cover of yesterday...
Another issue surrounding Salvucci's project is the likelihood that it would cover acres of park and open space. Meyer said, "Secretary Salvucci's major concern has been environmental impact." But the plan would destroy much of the Jerry's Pond area in Cambridge, scrapping open space which the city required the W.R. Grace development to provide several years ago, and leaving out a landscaping plan that ATAC included in its proposals...