Word: block
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...imports, or about 30% less than last year's 1.7 billion Ibs. Backed by cattle-state Senators, who blame imports for low cattle prices, and opposed by the Administration on trade policy grounds, the bill now goes to the House, where the Administration will again try to block passage...
Like Turkey's Kemal Atatürk, President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt has been determined to force his country into the 20th century by ridding it of the relics of the past. To an extent, he has succeeded. Skyscrapers have risen to replace block after block of slum huts in Cairo. Few city kids now roam the streets barefooted. At Nasser's behest, almost no one wears the little red fez any longer. He has even managed to reduce the number of beggars that once plagued tourists...
...Harlem itself, this jockeying among the negro leaders seemed all but irrelevant. Police continue to blanket the area, though they no longer wear riot helmets. Even during the day, when business is at least close to normal, it is nearly impossible to find a block on a major avenue without at least one policeman...
Along 125th Street--the primary site of last week's riot--the concentration increases notably. There is one policeman on every corner of each intersection, with patrolmen either singly or in pairs walking each block. It is not unusual to see groups of four or five police clustered on any corner...
...while three white policemen cluster around two old negro men playing chess on the sidewalk of Seventh Avenue, a car with loud speakers cruises by, blaring "you have the right to vote--Don't be intimidated--you have the right to vote!" A squad car follows quietly a half block back...