Word: block
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...commission, which is empowered only to block the demolition of historically significant structures, had no authority to reject Harvard's proposal to leave the building at 134 Mt. Auburn St. undisturbed at its present location and to at least temporarily relocate within the neighborhood the house at 3 Mt. Auburn Place...
...appears contaminated and bleak, and Trow makes no allowance for anything redeeming in American culture. In the concept of consensus, Trow has hit on one of the key underpinnings of the culture. But he has not hit on everything, and his presentation--in the form of a series of block notes ranging in length from epigrams to miniature essays strung together into the longer essay--suffers from being overly polemical...
Harvard faces a January 18 deadline for reaching a satisfactory compromise with nearly 200 residents who have asked the commission in a petition to block construction until Harvard revamps the University Place design to conform with their concerns for the preservation of their neighborhood...
...Government holding some 530 million lbs. of cheese-more than 2 lbs. for every man, woman and child in the country-plus 848 million lbs. of nonfat dry milk stored in 50-lb. sacks and 212 million lbs. of butter frozen at 0° F in 68-lb. blocks. Annual storage and handling cost: $43 million. As Reagan noted in signing the farm bill last week, "surpluses will continue to pile up" because the Government must keep on buying dairy products at prices ($1.4375 per lb. for processed cheddar) that are currently higher than commercial buyers will pay. Processed cheese...
...company is bought by Mobil or any other corporation. U.S. Steel also obtained an option from Marathon to buy an additional 10 million shares of its stock, which would make it harder for Mobil to gain controlling interest in the company. Mobil, of course, could try to block both moves in court...