Word: block
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...decision to depart rather than delay avoided ugly anti-British insurrections and enabled him to incorporate all of the former Asian possessions except Burma into the Commonwealth. The cold war, however, put a chill on many of Attlee's plans. He diverted welfare funds to armaments to help block the Soviet threat in Europe, joined NATO, and ordered British scientists to develop a British nuclear deterrent. When the U.S. went to war in Korea to resist Communist aggression, Attlee sent British troops there...
Crimson guards (and sometimes tackles) often pull out from the opposite side to lead a wide run. They will trap opposing linemen, and block two-on-one. These maneuvers require quick guards and more powerful players in the other line spots who can hold their...
...valley below, citrus orchards and cotton fields block out green patterns laced with white plumes from irrigation pipes. The guns have been silent a bare two months, but burned out fields have been replowed, gutted buildings rebuilt. After 19 years under enemy guns, the Israelis in the Huleh have not only survived but prospered. Survival would have been miracle enough...
Like many of his generation, Nehemiah has made a determined effort to block out the past. Though his wife is German, he never speaks German unless forced to. More important, he has substituted a gun and a plow for the European Jew's book...
...block from Fen way at the Souvenir Shoppe, a young boy buys a red pennant saying "Boston Patriots...