At present there is no form of regulation for the industry or blanket requirement that, for example, volunteers do criminal background checks before working with children.
Using its great wealth, the fossil-fuel industry has blanketed the airwaves with pro-pipeline ads, swamping the occasional message in opposition.
No other industry has such blanket protection.
After all, they weren't part of the panic in 2008, which forced the government to bail out the industry with a blanket guarantee.
In an industry obsessed with blanket coverage, global reach and instant accessibility for the maximum number of customers, Ford went instead for exclusivity, intimacy and intrigue.
As New York's Mexican population has grown, so has the presence of regional Mexican music, the blanket industry term for a hodgepodge of styles.
But Japanese producers argue that they test all cows bound for slaughter for the disease, while the American meat industry has resisted blanket testing, partly because of cost concerns.
"Every company has its own distinct business model, culture and values, and thus, we generally do not sign on to blanket industry documents," Fidelity said while praising the conversation as valuable.
The ancient market town of Witney (population: 25,000) may have lost its once-famous blanket industry and its railway, but it has high street full of non-chain shops, old pubs, a medieval church (and a green), plus a multi-storey car park next to Debenhams and M&S.
Other employers include the blanket handicraft industry of Terroso and Laundos, and the wood industries of Rates.
