Word: block
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...talking primarily to them. In numberless ways, Franklin Roosevelt made his main point over & over again: I think Yalta is pretty good; it's not perfect, but it's a good start. I also know that 33 of you, Democrats and Republicans, can band together to block the whole concept of Yalta and Dumbarton Oaks. That is why I am talking to you and soliciting your support...
...Prohibition while World War I servicemen were overseas. But what seemed more to the point was that they had just tabled the Fulbright resolution. Arkansas' internationalist Senator Fulbright decided something should be done about the Constitutional provision which allows one-third-plus-one of the Senate to block a treaty. His resolution proposed that treaties be ratified by a simple majority in House and Senate...
...serve as a dormitory for students at the College and was named after the real-estate agent. It was bought by the University in 1918, and has been used severely by generations of undergraduates since. By a singular bit of management, the name of the Hall and the block numbers were finally painted on the doors last month...
...championship bout drew 10,247 customers. Four nights later, Welterweight Walker ("Sugar Ray Robinson") Smith (148½ lbs.) proved that punches speak louder than titles. A crowd of 18,060 jam-packed Madison Square Garden to see chocolate-colored Sugar Ray knock the block off game Middleweight Jake La Motta...
...discount wartime record-breakers, some are already comparing French-Canadian Maurice Richard with the incomparable Howie Morenz in speed, aggressiveness, accuracy, durability. Durable he certainly is, by any standard. Said he one afternoon last month: "I'm all tire out. Dis afternoon I move my partment bout tree block and can't get no truck. So my brudder and me we move everything. Don't depen' too much on me." That night he got five goals and three assists -a league scoring record...