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Word: block (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...difference in effectiveness." Brooke is the ranking Republican on several Senate committees and a nationally recognized black leader. Tsongas, in his four years in the Congress, has proven that he is capable of bringing home the bacon. But if elected, he'll be the new man on the block. Balance that against Brooke's marital and financial problems and you've got a race that some say is too close to call...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: 'It Doesn't Stop in the Living Room' | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

...Jewdiciary"--not quite sure because when it finally happened Ed himself looked pretty surprised. But they did it in a big way, leaving Frank Hatch to face a Democrat who drove people like his running mate, Tommy O'Neill, into complete silence. Frank Hatch was not prepared for the block of Democrats who were crossing over to endorse him. Quickly, a Democrats for Hatch Committee was formed by people like Barbara Ackermann, who also got beaten by King in the primary. Campaign aides say this coalition lacked organization until last week--just a few weeks too late...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: You Sure You Want a Governor? | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

Griffin is attacking his opponent as a free-spending Democrat who would add to "the high cost of Levin." The Senator reminds voters of how he helped block Lyndon Johnson's nomination of Abe Fortas as U.S. Chief Justice in 1968 and Richard Nixon's nomination of Clement Haynsworth to the Supreme Court in 1969. Griffin also stresses, in current TV ads, the fight he made this year against the Panama Canal Treaties. Says he: "Next year I'll have even more seniority and my no will be even louder." Levin responds by scathingly calling Griffin "Senator No Show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Griffin's Gaffe | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

Subsequently, other researchers learned that the protein had antitumor as well as antiviral properties. Though exactly how it works is still a mystery, interferon appears not only to block the uncontrolled cell division that is characteristic of cancer but also to stimulate the body's immune system to kill cancer cells. Interferon has another plus; apparently because it is produced in the body, it has none of the unpleasant and debilitating side effects that accompany conventional cancer chemotherapy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A Fateful Test | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

...graveyard mind"), who would turn white values on their head by being the "baddest nigger." In the 1960s black militants used such folk heroes as role models; Black Panther Bobby Seale named his son after a famous badman of 19th century ballads named Stagolee, "a bad nigger off the block...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: As American as Jesse James | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

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