Word: block
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Shhtfhh-that, I'll block your knock...
...picture line by line horizontally. For example, a line across the forehead in a portrait of George Washington might read "D7B3A6B4C2D8." A fast typer can compose a 3 x 2 in telegraving in ten minutes. The picture is "retouched" by reading its proof, correcting typographical errors. The finished block of type-dots is ready to print without further processing. ... Journalists on their way to newspaperdom's annual gathering in Manhattan looked forward last week to the first telegravure demonstrations...
...When I visited Detroit two years ago new Fords were to be seen at every turn, almost on every second block. . . . Observation [now] revealed that relatively few were in evidence, and hardly a brand-new specimen...
...matter of fact engagements arising from the presence of one fraternity house in the same block as one sorority house are usually such light-o-love affairs that they have little or no effect on the student life of an institution. The trouble lies, as the Nebraskan will admit, in the fact that one engagement leads to another that once bitten does not always mean twice shy. "Many engagements are consummated merely because the girl wants the experience of being engaged"--so says the writer, thereby leaving the male volition entirely out of the question...
...former plan of broad fields, encouraged men to choose those in which they could take the most courses, and thus cover the specific subject with the least individual research. A premium was thus placed upon those fields in which much instruction could be obtained, and which formed a large block of in general History examination...