Word: block
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...filibuster in Senate history, first-term Democrats James Abourezk of South Dakota and Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio turned the chamber into a marathon slumber party that kept the Senators up until dawn the first day, late the following night, and threatened to continue this week. Their stated objective: to block any move to lift the federal ceiling on the price of natural gas sold interstate. The ordeal was fresh evidence that an independent and unpredictable Senate is defying its own leadership and the White House. The week also marked the emergence of Byrd as one of Carter's closest...
Kissinger withdrew himself from consideration for the Columbia post amidst efforts by faculty and students to block his appointment...
DARTMOUTH AT YALE--Basically, we're talking about a hunch. Dartmouth and Harvard win today, the Crimson beats the Big Green next Saturday in Cambridge, and quicker than you can say "Paul Lynde to block," you know who is in first place. You think I'm a dreamer? You're right. Dartmouth 18, Yale...
Back in Ohio, Benninger used to watch Kent State football practices and he remembers "All they used to do is block straight ahead day after day. Here at Harvard I was learning things from the time I was a sophomore to when I was a senior...
Benninger, who is small for an offensive guard, had no choice but to become adept at the varied blocking techniques that come with the elaborate shunts and shifts of the multi-flex, Benninger says, "I would prefer to block with our system than with