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Word: block (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...release, "Little Criminals," it's simplicity. In today's world, simplicity is usually a welcome addition to any venture, but in "Little Criminals" the marked lack of complexity quickly translates into boredom. Newman's latest effort, for the most part, doesn't have the necessary ingredients for the great block-buster cult album that his fans may be looking...

Author: By Marc M. Sadowsky, | Title: Simple Music | 10/18/1977 | See Source »

Early on the second day of his visit, Carter sped off from the United Nations Plaza Hotel on Manhattan's elegant East Side toward the urban sinkhole of the South Bronx. With police helicopters hovering overhead, the presidential motorcade drove by block after block of devastated buildings, many of them burned to charred shells by arsonists. The President got out of his car twice to walk through the rubble with HUD Secretary Patricia Harris and New York's lame-duck mayor, Abraham Beame. "Let me walk about a block," he told his Secret Service agents at one point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Carter: Man in Motion | 10/17/1977 | See Source »

...Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, warned would-be iceberg movers: "Once you get north of the equator, you'll have nothing but a rope at the end of your tow." Other doubts were expressed. Could an iceberg be effectively insulated against melting? Would anchoring a huge block of ice off an arid coast have unexpected environmental effects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Towing Icebergs | 10/17/1977 | See Source »

Climson tackle Chuck Durst's block of a Dartmouth punt set up Harvard's initial strike, a one-yard plunge by quarterback Haywood Miller midway through the opening stanza. Kicker 'Wild' Bill Cody's extra point bid was blocked...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: J.V. Upset Dartmouth; Freshmen Drop Close Game | 10/15/1977 | See Source »

Redding participated along with Harvard and Cambridge police in a three-block-long chase which eventually led to the youth's house, where he was apprehended...

Author: By Rose C. Palermo, | Title: Mather Crash | 10/15/1977 | See Source »

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