Word: block
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ends and halfbacks block, it's a run," said Cobb. "If they release, it's a pass...
...preached on alternate Sundays at two small Baptist churches nearby. There was even time for horseplay. Bested in a water-pistol fight with a KTBC announcer, Moyers retaliated by setting off a firecracker while he was on the air. The announcer abandoned the microphone, chased Moyers around the block, caused five minutes of silence on the station. Another time, he labored over a commercial extolling the virtues of a local establishment called Hattie's, knowing well that it would never be aired. Hattie's was Austin's most celebrated bordello...
...they? These Americans parading about with placards and chanting: "Hey, hey, L.B.J.! How many kids did you kill today?" These burning-eyed youths who set fire to their draft cards and urge others to do the same? These interpositionists who stand on railroad tracks to block U.S. troop trains? These professors who insist that the war in Viet Nam is no more than the struggle of the peace-loving peasant to win the national independence and personal free dom denied him by U.S. intervention? What are they? Are they pacifists in any real meaning of the word? Are they malingerers...
...yourself another boy.' " Johnson was not the only recalcitrant actor. On the day Tarzan returned to the set, he was directed to ambush three Indian extras. Mike out-Tarzaned his thirteen predecessors, played it like a red-dogging linebacker, taking out all three with one thumping shoulder block. Two got up. The third was out cold, and when he was revived, refused at any price to make a retake. "Print it," growled Director...
...after one or two elections, the effects of the change will make themselves felt. Initially, prospective candidates will find it easier to break into the Council. No longer will a Councillor be able to rely on a small block of faithful, reliable voters. To win he will need a majority. It is the implications of this simple truth that puzzle so many observers...