Word: block
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Well, that ruined masturbation. Slain at the altar of the muse. As if that weren't bad enough for one vacation, or maybe because it was, I momentarily forgot that enough is enough and found myself in a block-long line waiting to see the notorious I Am Curious (Yellow...
...cemetery, so we had to "cut the body loose." The band walked over to the side of the street. Fats Houston paced soberly in front of the hearse as it crept past the band. We were playing "Nearer my God to thee." At about the middle of the block, Fats moved to the side, and bowed gracefully to the hearse. It moved on under the crossed banners of the benevolent society, picked up speed, and was soon out of sight...
...creation of "new facts" through occupation and the passage of time. This means forcing the Arabs, by pressure of occupation, to change their attitudes?a highly unlikely prospect. To many Israelis, "new facts" would include the fall of Nasser, whom they consider to be the main stumbling block to peace...
Group Stimulus. One of their discoveries was the prevalence in combat of a state of tension and excitement strong enough to block sensations of pain and keep the adrenaline surging. The study also confirmed the common-sensical suspicion that fighting in a group, in direct contact with the enemy, is an important stimulus to heroics. Men wounded away from battle -by mines or long-distance rockets -usually sense pain and stop what they are doing...
...Apollo 11 is still in the ocean, the hatch will be opened. As the astronauts emerge and climb aboard an attached raft, each will slip into a "biological isolation garment" brought along by a frogman who will be similarly outfitted. The suit is equipped with a filter that should block any organisms that the astronauts exhale. After a helicopter ride to the carrier deck, they will enter the van and follow the original quarantine plans...