Word: block
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...machinery [for reviewing tenurecandidates] in the last 15 years--as machineryoften does of its own accord--has slipped in sucha way as to block passage of more creativeappointments," said Porter University ProfessorWalter Jackson Bate...
Medical literature has been woefully slight, but doctors now point to a number of treatments, some as simple as a series of exercises to strengthen pelvic muscles, others involving surgery to correct an enlarged prostate or weak sphincter. New experimental medications may help block errant signals to the bladder's nerves or relax overly taut bladder tissue. Artificial sphincters opened by squeezing a small pump have been successfully implanted for more than a decade. Scientists at the University of California at San Francisco are testing a bladder pacemaker. Using a remote control, the patient can send signals to implanted electrodes...
...course, some people who are fair-skinned are particularly prone to developing skin cancer. To be safe you would want to put on a low number sun-block in case the machine leaks a little and you get exposed to the lower-wavelength rays...
...another takeover, 40 students block the entrance to 17 Quincy St., forcing Harvard's top governing board to hold its scheduled meeting elsewhere...
...according to Journalist Ken Auletta, Wyman telephoned Tisch at his Manhattan offices down the block from CBS headquarters and chatted about the Turner bid. By the end of July Tisch had accumulated a 7% stake in the communications company. Even as the Turner threat waned, Wyman apparently continued to feel insecure about further raids on the corporation. He prodded Tisch to buy more CBS stock, up to 25%, and by mid-October last year Tisch had agreed...