Word: coverer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...choice protesters ring the pro-lifers, trying to cover them up with placards, so that the TV cameras register support for the clinics. The pro- choicers chant and demand the arrest of the pro-lifers: "Read 'em their rights, and take 'em away." Each group has its grisly signs -- aborted fetuses on one side, women's corpses bloody from illegal abortions on the other. It is a noisy scene, hymns vs. chanted slogans, with both sides resorting to bullhorns to get above the din (and the police finally adding their loudspeakers). The task of the police is first to detach...
...handle greasy, gritty suntan-lotion bottles. One entrepreneur's answer is Sun Center, a vending machine that dispenses tanning oil with a spray applicator. A customer activates the spritzer by depositing 50 cents. A hand-held nozzle then emits a light mist for 40 seconds, generally enough to cover those hard-to-reach places...
...Governors are mouthing a different message. Their states face deficits or pressing needs, and, unlike the Federal Government, they are barred from deliberately shelling out more than they take in. Unless they sharply slice spending, they will be unable to echo the President's "no new taxes" pledge. / To cover their budget gaps, 23 states are considering or have already adopted tax hikes...
...Niekerk said that sort of coverage was not without its problems. "The problem with media in this country is that they cover stories like a soap opera...
...Cover: Illustration by Maris Bishofs