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Word: block (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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When the trial began, Almeida testified how he had been the "wheelman" for Harry the Hook. While the defendant stared at him stonily, Almeida told how he had driven him down Logan's block and intercepted the victim. "I pulled up so the back door was where he was," said Almeida. "He was stepping off the curb when Harry hollered out, 'Hey, Billy, come here." " Almeida heard the shotgun blast and Logan cry out, "Oh, my God!"There was another shot, said Almeida, then Aleman got out and fired a third time. When Aleman got back into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: The Perils of Doing Your Duty | 6/6/1977 | See Source »

...carry him up the building, Willig had designed two special T-shaped metal blocks that locked into a track used to guide the heavy scaffolding that carries window washers up and down the outside of the giant structure. He was roped to the blocks, and each of his boots rested in a strap that acted like a kind of stirrup. To go up a foot or so, Willig used a pulley system. He would move one block as high as he could reach and hoist himself up. Then he would unhitch the lower block, attach it above his head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVENTURE: Striving for Upward Mobility | 6/6/1977 | See Source »

Fuqua took its case to federal court in Hartford, requesting 1) that Smith be made to consider its offer, and 2) that Avis' annual meeting be postponed, to block Smith's efforts to ram through antitakeover amendments. The postponement request was rejected, but Fuqua was granted a hearing for the week of June 13 on an appeal to get Trustee Smith to reconsider its purchase offer. At the Avis annual meeting last week, Smith's antitakeover amendments were adopted. Fuqua executives believe they will eventually be permitted to acquire the company, but the trustbusters are gloomy. Almost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ANTITRUST: Fighting for the Wheel | 6/6/1977 | See Source »

...altar, and left 13 dozen red roses as they departed. By last week the number of visitors had passed 60,000 (including repeaters), even though news accounts of the "miracle" cloth have been spotty. On weekends the line waiting to get into the modest blue stone church stretches a block or more. Five priests are on duty to anoint people in search of healing, and every 30 minutes lay readers pray for thousands who make written requests. Four pilgrims claim to have been cured of serious maladies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Strange Visions in Shamokin | 5/30/1977 | See Source »

...existence; Camus did it; you can too. Or you might try that old excuse for tired minds, social realism, in which the victim complains loudly about his socially induced illnesses, thereby proving himself a healthy individual. (Remember, the social realist cannot at any time recognize the laughter down the block, or the guffaws around the corner, for fear they are aimed in his direction.) Insist on the real, the organic, the authentic in an insincere and alien world, and remember, all grins must be grim. There shall be no deviation in our long march to universal self-fulfillment. All lips...

Author: By Brick Maverick, | Title: In Hilaritate Tristis, In Tristia Hilaris | 5/25/1977 | See Source »

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