Word: block
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Spanish Harlem, the mayor of New York was-literally -on the ropes. As his two opponents rushed him into one corner after an other of the portable boxing ring, he lunged back about as effectively as Charlie Brown. But to the 1,000 Puerto Ricans who jammed the block, he might have been heavyweight champion of the world. "Viva Lindsay!" they shouted. "Higheeah! Oooooah...
...That changes the ballgame!" cried one Allis-Chalmers executive. And there, at least by Ling's calculations, it should have ended. Even Beauchamp (pronounced beach 'em) E. Smith, the Allis-Chalmers director with the biggest block of shares (21,560), pronounced the new offer "far, far more interesting." There was little likelihood that the company would find a savior with anything like LTV's bankroll (furnished by a group of banks headed by the Bank of America) and willing to offer a better price. The company, L-T-V figured, was boxed in and liable...
...effective was Khoman's sports-shirt diplomacy that the five's remaining stumbling block was what to call their creation. The logical first choice was SEAARC, for Southeast Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, but Filipino tongues stumbled over the construction. Those agile acronymists, the Indonesians, came to the rescue with ASEAN-and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations was christened...
...nation's sluggish economic activity from January to June this year has led critics to fear the recessive potential of a tax hike. But Gardiner Ackley, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, has said recently that there was "no longer a significant risk" of recession to block a tax hike. Rather, he added, an income tax increase has become essential to hold down prices and interest rates...
Psychologically, the most important Israeli victory was the block to block battle for the Old City of Jerusalem. On June 7, after having encircled the city, Israeli forces broke through the walls and started the painful "mopping up " operation which still continues today; on the same day Israelis gained control of the entire West Bank of the Jordan before King Hussein called for a cease-fire...