Word: block
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...common agreement to cut farm tariffs before it would negotiate about industrial tariffs, the U.S. recently relented and urged that tariff talks proceed, for the time being, without a common agricultural policy. Last week France agreed to give the Germans, whose high grain prices have proved a stumbling block, more time to come to terms. That seemed very magnanimous of the French-but they had something up their sleeve. When the Common Market Commission met in Brussels and proposed that the Six adopt a compromise list of 210 exempt items involving about 12% of the Market's imports, France...
...artery had become blocked, possibly by fatty deposits, under the shoul der, where muscle and bone crowd it. Ford's well-developed muscles and his pitching profession aggravated the block: every time he threw a pitch, his muscles and bones would pinch the artery, constricting the vessel even as it was straining to allow blood to pass through. The most promising therapy would be removal of the sympathetic nerves that control the contraction of smooth muscle in the arterial walls...
...seat belts were left unfastened. Says Chafee: "There wasn't a manufacturer in the country who put out such a device."Fee Saving. Chafee also presents an image in the best tradition of New England frugality. He saved architects' fees by designing his own home, a concrete block abode on 20 acres near Providence. Trouble is, he neglected to put in a garage to house the 1962 Plymouth station wagon that he ordinarily drives instead of the state limousine that is one of his perquisites. The father of six children, Chafee laughingly tells Rhode Islanders that he wants...
What next? Goodbye Foxes. Last week Cassius was in Boston training for his Nov. 16 rematch with ex-Champion Sonny Liston. The tomato-red Caddy was gone, replaced by a block-long black limousine and a Muslim chauffeur who wore a fuzzy fur hat. Gone, too, were the foxes-Clay is a married man now-and most of the 25 extra pounds he had put on this summer. This time Cassius was every inch the grownup pro prizefighter, determined to prove that what happened last time was no mistake. A rock-hard 215 Ibs. ("I'll be down...
...contrast to the Coop's rather doctrinaire position, opponents of the bridge have presented detailed arguments. Basing their case on the aesthetic effect of such a structure and on the Coop's failure to prove its necessity, they may be able to block construction of the bridge if the City Council withholds its approval...