Word: block
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...order to impede the FBI's investigation of the money found on the arrested Watergate burglars. That tape, in which Nixon instructed Haldeman to ask the CIA to do this, put the lie to Nixon's repeated claim that he had not tried to block the criminal investigation into Watergate and had wanted only to protect any CIA secrets involving national security. It showed his real fear was that the money would be traced to his re-election committee, and protecting his own political standing was his real...
...Bahamas, a project that was approved over the strong objection of the Agency for International Development. According to Elko, AID officials' misgivings were silenced when Elko suggested that the agency's appropriation might otherwise be "stymied" by Flood in Congress. But the agency did manage to block Elko's attempt to put one of Flood's friends, Bahamian Lawyer F. Nigel Bowe, in charge of the project...
...with the government's 10% limit on wage increases; the pound, already surging, rose another half a cent; and key Labor economists projected a drop in the inflation rate (13% in November) to 7% by July. One pollster believes that the party may also pick up a large block of new votes in the next election from the traditionally apolitical Asian immigrants. His prediction: "They are going to crawl over broken glass to vote against Mrs. Thatcher...
...want to be pushing the kids on students who don't want to deal with young kids when they're in college," he adds. "We try to restrain their activities so they don't run all over or block the main halls...
...that day, or even until after events had taken place. As one Texan said, "It is the most unorganized, disgusting thing I've ever been in." But he added, "It still works." It worked in the sense that, despite the lack of organization, tractor-drivers were able to block traffic with the help of sympathetic truckers, and farmers were able to overflow conferences arranged with Congressmen and Department of Agriculture officials...