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Word: block (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Half a minute later, seven shots were fired at the car from a high vantage point somewhere to the rear. Recounting the incident a year later. Reed says he crouched under the dashboard of the Datsun for the next block, as the driver weaved through traffic at 50 miles per hour...

Author: By Jeffrey M. Senger, | Title: Eye On Central America | 3/19/1983 | See Source »

Even though Kohl won the election, the missile issue is not expected to disappear. The Greens are preparing demonstrations to block, by force if necessary, the installation of the new weapons, and West German security officials predict new left-and right-wing terrorist attacks against U.S. military targets in the country. But, at least, there is a government in place to defend the NATO decision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Kohl Wins His Gamble | 3/14/1983 | See Source »

...major stumbling block to an agreement is the belligerent attitude of Iran, which sent no delegate to last week's sessions. Publicly, the Iranians have demanded that the OPEC benchmark stay at $34. Privately, they are selling all the oil they can at cut rates to raise cash for their war with another OPEC member, Iraq. Oil industry sources in Western Europe say that Iran has been selling oil for as little as $20 per bbl. The Iranians apparently hope that the official price will stay at $34 so they can keep undercutting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bracing for a Showdown | 3/14/1983 | See Source »

...more set to open this year. He produces 60 flavors but allows his stores to sell only 32, the selection depending on location. Why 32? "There is usually a Baskin-Robbins around with 31 flavors of ice cream," says Bird. "When you're the new guy on the block, you've got to go the other fellow one better." Klugman plans to get his soft corn into the theaters. As the saying goes, without popcorn there would not be any movies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: A Familiar Munch Goes Gourmet | 3/14/1983 | See Source »

Freeman began the night at 8:45, when he caught a shuttle for the garage, which lies across the river, beyond Harvard Stadium. In a bare cinder block office, he asked Number 67, it seems has as much as any driver could ask for a sound engine and, more important, a working radio. But 67 was already taken so Freeman scuttled for number 32, took the keys, and headed for Lamont...

Author: By Steven J. Parkey, | Title: All-Nighters on the Road | 3/12/1983 | See Source »

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