Word: block
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Haughey will probably form a minority government with the help of a few independents. Neither of the two largest parties, FitzGerald's Fine Gael, which holds 51 seats, or the Progressive Democratic Party, which won 14 seats, is expected to block Haughey's plans as long as he holds down government spending. The cobbled-together government, however, will not have the authority to solve Ireland's pressing economic troubles...
...Dukakis and New York Governor Mario Cuomo have managed to block the startup of Shoreham and Seabrook because NRC rules adopted in the wake of the 1979 accident at Three Mile Island, Pa., virtually require state and local cooperation in planning for the evacuation of residents within 10 miles of a reactor in the event of a major accident...
...MEMBERS OF THE PRESS corps pressed into their tenement attic-turned-playroom, the children went about their business of making potato block prints...
Finally Hart arrived. "Hello," the candidate called out to the nation's future. "How you doing?" The press surrounded him as he crouched to see what the children were making. But the kids couldn't make the potato block prints anymore, as they were almost crushed by an alloy of politicians, notepads and cameras...
...ordinary tape and record players, the DAT's sound is so fine that it is bound to encourage home taping of prerecorded music. To prevent unauthorized duplication, record companies and industry organizations have joined ranks to demand that manufacturers of digital players equip them with special computer chips that block the copying of prerecorded music. The Reagan Administration is expected this week to introduce legislation to require such protection...