Word: block
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...savaged Lebanon for the past five years had erupted in a round of destruction and death. In an all-out effort to crush right-wing Christian militiamen with whom it has been fighting a months-long war, the 30,000-man Syrian peace-keeping force launched a devastating block-by-block assault on Christian areas of Beirut. By week's end it had left at least 800 dead and thousands more wounded. As an unmistakable signal of warning to Syrian forces, Israeli warships bombarded Syrian positions in the Lebanese capital, underscoring Jerusalem's determination to prevent the "genocide...
Marzo tried to open it up when on third down, he took to the air from the 50-yard line. Potysman, everyone's beau ideal of a cornerback, stepped in front of intended receiver Mike Gettman for the interception, picked up a block from the ubiquitous Woolway, and blazed 58 yards down the left sideline for the score...
Then, two hours after we had come in, no more calmed or ready to deal with reality than when we had first seen the blue and orange IHOP sign from the highway, I finally resolved to block out any remaining freaks or crazy people, and just kill my munchies with one last order of pancakes...
Local theater owners yesterday said they are concerned that the board might block future midnight shows in all Cambridge moviehouses. "It could cut severely into business," Jay Berman, part owner of the Off the Wall Cinema said yesterday...
Calnan said Cambridge's other theaters may be asked to submit applications for midnight film permits, but added she doubted that any effort would be made to block the moviehouses from showing their regular midnight shows this weekend. "I can't speculate on what the board will do," she said...