Word: block
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Back when Grace Kaczynski was growing up on nearby Athens St., there was a penny candy store at the corner of her block. During most of the day, horses with carts attached to them stood at both ends of the street so that even one car passing through her quiet Cambridge neighborhood was a novelty...
...other hand," said Bork, "it's sometimes hard to get a block of time for two movies, one after the other, so the availability of double features doesn't necessarily mean that I'll see more movies overall...
Congress could block the aid at that point, but that would require majority votes in both the House and Senate. Reagan could then veto such a move and it would require a two-thirds majority in each house to override...
Ohno willingly sacrifices his personal scoring for the sake of the team. He backchecks and forechecks, taking opposing players out of the flow of their offenses. He'll fall to the ice late in a game to block an opponent's slapshot...
...only physical evidence of the shooting, two bullets, was actually found by passersby. And police drew scorn upon themselves when they publicly announced their puzzlement at the origin and uniqueness of the copper-tipped .357 Magnum cartridges, which could have been purchased in a sporting-goods store a block away from the Prime Minister's office...