Word: block
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there are many lights burning at the end of this tunnel Warner brings a searing intimacy to Joe Orton's dark British comedy. The room's metal pipes cinder-block walls, and shack-like closet house the cluttered furnishings of a living room, the play's only set Seated in three sections around the room, the audience watches the play on the same level as the performers. Constantly dashing about and moving the furniture, the cast members treat the spectators like intruders...
...response to this situation should not be to surrender provincial skirmishes under the assumption that defeat nationally is inevitable. Instead legislators and executives who recognize the wisdom of separating church from state must block all attacks on the principle, including those that are deceptively packaged. Small victories in places like New Jersey will preserve the opportunity to continue the larger campaign against the Reagan amendment and against the widely held perception that public school prayer is possible without violating the ideal of a government that refrains from legislating religion...
Northeastern beat the spikers in two straight sets, 18-16, 15-7. "I think Northeastern's solid block at the net and hard hitters did us in." Coach Karen Altman said of the defeat. "They are not a team that is out of our league, but player for player matched up, they are definitely bigger and stronger...
Trading in 100-share blocks on the New York Stock Exchange, one frequently used measure of small-investor activity, accounted for 10.5% of all orders in April 1973, but by last August it had slid to 1.7%, a historic low. In September, however, small-block trading turned significantly upward for the first time in more than two years...
...direct use of both prostaglandins and substances that block PG formation looms as important medical therapy. PGS have been used to treat ulcers and circulatory disturbances and to soften the cervix and stimulate labor for births and abortions. Compounds that block PG formation have been used to relieve pain caused by gallstones and menstruation. In fact, the most common pain reliever of all, aspirin, produces its effect by blocking the synthesis of certain prostaglandins, a discovery made by Vane in 1971 that helped resolve the longstanding mystery of how aspirin works...