Word: block
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Also upsetting was the threat by Negro Comedian Dick Gregory to somehow block the Democratic National Convention unless the city acceded to such demands as appointing a Negro to the "top echelon of the police department." Vowed Daley: "No one will take over a single street or a political convention, now or next summer...
...week, musing that "compared with what we have known, all is pretty well straightened out here now," Ireland announced that he was stepping out. Weary of the wars? No, just going to a new theater. This week, pending routine board approval, the redhaired, crew-cut campaigner will move one block down on Manhattan's Park Avenue to the headquarters of the International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. Though he will be only one of 24 vice presidents, Ireland will play a familiar role as special assistant to ITT Chairman and President Harold S. Geneen...
...lecture in German-accented English: "Businessmen, you have perhaps noticed that Hertz has been ticking along like a fine watch lately. This is no accident. This is the result of training and discipline." He pushed through a steel door that clanked shut, and conducted a tour of the concrete block: "There we take the men who service the cars and turn them into fanatics. And in this area, we are building a super troop of car attendants." The 60-second commercial, viewed during the Dean Martin show on NBC, ended with a closeup of Hertz's "efficiency expert...
...Some guys lean back on their haunches, which means that they're either going to pull for a run or go back for a pass protection." Tackle Alex Karras of the N.F.L.'s Detroit Lions examines opponents' knuckles. If the knuckles are white, they intend to block forward and the play is a run; if the knuckles are pink, the play is probably a pass...
Once he reads his key and analyzes the play, the defensive lineman reacts -and reacts fast, trying to beat his opponent to the block, catch him off-balance, squirt past him before he can plant himself. To confuse blockers, defenders will "stunt," or loop around each other; they may charge high to hurdle a block, or duck low to "submarine" under. They clutch at shoulder pads and jerseys, trying to spin blockers aside and clear a path to the ballcarrier. They have, in fact, become so adept at slipping blocks that not even the punter, standing 15 yds. back...