Word: umbrellaed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wonderful father-he always tells his son Anthony to make sure his coat is buttoned whenever he goes outside." Natale Marcone, president of the Italian-American Civil Rights League, which sponsored the black-tie affair: "Women in the neighborhood kiss his hand when he passes. He gives them his umbrella in the rain. Just the way he shakes your hand you know he's a great...
...made two years ago in Stanley v. Georgia. The court concluded that obscenity, when it is read or viewed at home, is protected by the Constitution. This decision, it is now argued, implies the right to buy or receive obscenity. In short, decision after decision has opened wider the umbrella of the First Amendment...
BACK TO PHONICS. Fortunately, the others can benefit from a parallel revival of phonics. In a program offered by New Dimensions in Education Inc., for instance, each letter is given a zany personality that makes use of onomatopoeia. Sample sentence: "When umbrella-faced Miss U stands between Mr. H's horrible hair and Mr. M's munching mouth, things begin to H.U.M...
...Italian government has been notoriously slow in prosecuting polluters, even slower in legislating to protect the environment. Noxious airborne chemicals continue to suffocate great swaths of Italy's famous umbrella pines. Rank upon rank of concrete box apartments and factories march into the countryside, sprouting on beaches and even in "protected" national parks. Most Italian politicians are still afraid to curb such destructive practices because, in a country with high unemployment, construction provides needed jobs...
REAL OR imagined threats to national security have been used more than once as a handy umbrella for investigations actually aimed at those whose political activities and beliefs the government doesn't like. During the fifties, the supposed dangers of Communism served as an excuse for Congressional investigating committees to delve into the personal affairs of large numbers of Left-leaning American citizens. Now the alleged activities of Weathermen are being cited by the Justice Department as grounds to conduct Grand Jury investigations of radicals...