Word: block
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recognition directly and Diamond indirectly--by sending him a photocopy of its letter to Brown-Beasley. University officials also state that they have no right not to recognize Diamond and therefore no real obligation to recognize him officially. However, both Brown-Beasley and Diamond suspect that Harvard wants to block the sitting of an undergraduate on the appeal panel, and partially for this reason, Diamond is standing by his initial declaration to a Harvard official that he does not do business "by Xerox...
...Brien, have not yet met to name the third or "neutral" member of the appeal board, raising the possibility that O'Brien--and eventually Harvard--will argue that Brown-Beasley's case has gone "stale." It seems at this point, with Harvard's public statement that it cannot block Diamond's membership on the panel, that Brown-Beasley and his representative should move on to more substantive disputes...
Despite the contact, the players, who exchanged gifts before the game, stayed friendly and the action remained exciting. Jackson, an MIT graduate now living in England, displayed his explosive jumping ability, as he soared over Crimson players to block four shots and score 19 points...
Around the corner from Mam Street is the one-room cement block community center with its two blue-curtained voting booths. Not a building anyone would notice, except that it was where Jimmy Carter cast his vote. The man seeking the presidency was not moved ahead of the others; the first man in line was his lifelong friend, Billy Wise, who was waiting when the doors opened...
Everyone hangs on in his own way, however. When I wonder what it is we're doing--in this brown-stone, on this block, with this paper, the truth is probably that we are fighting for our lives...