Word: block
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...southern Armies of Marshal Semion Budenny were routed. All that remained to block the German drive in the south was the strain on the Germans' own human endurance and the speed of their machines...
...lone Indian tally came on a long pass which CRIMSON defenseman Johnny Robbins failed to block when he tripped over a case of beer...
...hard-fighting visitors scored luckily when the Harvard goalie and captain, Jack Penson, dove to block a threatening kick. The hall deflected harmlessly off the center-forward's foot only to be twisted into the goal by one of the supporting Springfield linesmen...
Last week the Japanese polished up the sour-grapes formula. Withdrawal was taking place, said Japanese headquarters, because "the purpose of the campaign has been accomplished." Since the military advantage of taking Changsha was to block the supply routes which lead through it (TIME, Oct. 6), this was nonsense. With a straight face the Tokyo press declared that the Japanese Army was withdrawing after victory because "Japanese forces can no longer bear to see innocent Chinese people suffering the war's disaster...
Possible air raid shelters have been located and each city block has been mapped out. Volunteer fire fighters are on call at all times and the efficiency of the organization was shown two weeks ago when 500 men turned up within 20 minutes at the large fire in Charlestown. Plans for mass evacuations from cities, one of the toughest problems in the defense pattern, and blackouts of large areas present a gigantic task for Dean Landis and his associates...