Word: block
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...owners of the Burger Cottage have seen a lot of hungry students come and go in 20 years. "It was tough in the '60s," says Mr. B. "I found it scary knowing that some of the kids eating in my place were the same ones who were rioting a block away." Today's customers are quieter and more subdued, he says, and usually eat in two's and three's instead of large groups...
...Aytat and Aley, the largest Druze-held town, which in turn was encircled by Christians. After the Druze overran the Christian town of Bhamdun last week, the Lebanese army moved in to protect Suq al Gharb. The army has braved steady artillery fire all week long in order to block a Druze advance toward Beirut's southern suburbs...
Coca-Cola accuses Procter & Gamble of trying to uncover its confidential operational plans. Hertz charges Avis with unfair trade practices for hiring away 18 managers with knowledge of secret operational and financial information. Squibb goes to court to block Diagnostic Medical Instruments from pilfering data about its cardiac monitoring systems. S.B. Thomas sues Entenmann's for filching crucial details about the equipment and ingredients used to make the famous nooks and crannies in its English muffins...
...maker of floor-maintenance equipment, was awarded $500,000 in damages last April from a competitor, Advance Machine. Two managers of the rival firm admitted sifting through trash containers outside Tennant's Oakland, Calif., office for sales leads. General Motors transplanted a grove of 30-ft. evergreens to block a favored vantage point of photographers trying to shoot long-range pictures of new models at its Milford, Mich., test track...
...fierce debate Opponents of divestiture argue that foreign capital is beneficial to South African Blacks and that withdrawal would harm them more than whites in the country. There is these people emphasize, a considerable trick when effect from foreign involvement that benefits at least think member's of the block further force who working the modern sectors of the economy. Economic growth and prosperity will open up new and more skilled jobs for Blacks, produce letter wages, and narrow the Black-white income gap. In addition, it is argued. U.S terms can set an example be following good labor practices...