Word: block
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reforms, will issue eight working papers in the next two weeks. The resulting legislation will be submitted to Parliament, where its chances of passing are considered good. As for the legal reforms, a bill is expected to be ready by this fall. Despite the barristers' all-out campaign to block the changes, there is a widespread feeling that their monopoly is nearing...
...cold? While winters are always frigid in the high latitudes of Alaska and Canada, the cold is usually mitigated by warm winds from the Pacific Ocean. This year, though, a mass of cold air called the Omega Block blew in from Siberia and settled over Alaska. A high-pressure zone got stuck between two low-pressure systems and stayed put over the state, keeping out the warming Pacific winds. By the time cold air moved out of Alaska and headed south, it had built up tremendous force...
...being placed in an environment in which they may be less comfortable, and the upperclassmen will not suddenly transcend their perceptions of house and self because of an influx of 40 token, unexpected sophomores. These students are being used to pacify the University's embarrassment over house stereotypes, which block Harvard's dream of perfect diversity...
...Cambridge City Council's January 23 meeting, in its haste to deliver the Harvard Motor House easement to Harvard and the Carpenter Company, the pro-development "concrete block" within out City Council disgraced Cambridge three times...
...first I heard of this hotel was 15 minutes ago, and I live half a block away [from the site]," said McManus, who leads a community fight against the Binney St. parking garage, another part of Clem's project. "That's how well they're dealing with the community...