Word: block
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...palm tree afire. Sparks showered onto the dry wooden shingles of a nearby rooftop, which exploded into flames. Sped by the winds, the sparks leaped from roof to roof, from street to street. For three hours, the fire raged out of control as residents in a four-block area of apartment complexes scrambled out of its path and fire-fighting units from neighboring towns helped battle the blaze. "I heard people screaming," recalled Linda Hebert, 21. "Neighbors were waking everybody up, and the police were telling us to leave." More than 2,000 people were evacuated, and some...
...been exceeding its authority. So, he asked, would Congress please pass legislation specifically denying such schools any tax breaks? But Congress refused to oblige. For a month White House aides fidgeted. Then, on Feb. 25, after a federal appeals court had acted in another case to block the new IRS plans, the Administration asked the Supreme Court to end the impasse. A prompt response was expected, but Friday conference after Friday conference of the Justices went by without any word-until last week's announcement. Oral arguments will probably be heard in the fall...
Maret C. Hamre 85, the drive's coordinator for freshmen said yesterday that many freshmen who have never given block may be afraid to donate while many others are too young to participate without parental permission...
...response to the break-up of a noisy Boston University (BU) block party last weekend that ended with Boston police using night sticks and mace to arrest 50 students, the city has revoked a permit issued in March to a BU social organization for a May 1 block party...
...police department will deny any future permit requests for block parties that involve similar condition to last weekend's party. Boston Police Captain James McDonald said yesterday, explaining, "Apparently we cannot guarantee public safety at these parties...