Word: block
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...Ventures. But even as Silicon Valley's high rollers were partying in Las Vegas, the way-new media upstart was laying off staff: 33 in all. There were also reports, denied by spokesfolks, that its cheeky Webzine Suck would be next, or that the whole company was on the block. It was, in Wired-speak, a reality check...
Although Linden often runs the ball courageously and with the abandon of a 300-pound John Elway, his ability to remain mobile in the pocket and make the offensive line block to his advantage have opened up his passing game...
...Ninety-nine-percent of the time, [Linden] makes the right choice if we give him the chance," Birk said. "If he has enough time, if we block it up and give him that time, he gets it done. It's great to be blocking, blocking, turn around and see him stick in the pocket...
...contents, but largely in the adroitness of Christie's promotion. If there were any doubts about this, they were dispelled by the results of other sales last week, which were mediocre. Two nights after the Ganz sale, the Evelyn Sharp collection of modern art went on the block at Sotheby's. It was a second-rate affair at best, chopped liver compared with the Ganz foie gras. The auction house had given the Sharp estate a guarantee, undisclosed but somewhere near the low aggregate-sales estimate, which was $59 million. But the whole sale made only $41.2 million, which left...
Lawsuits like this are common in the entertainment industry, but the attorneys here are talking awfully tough. "This is the most egregious case I've ever seen," says Chase-Riboud's attorney, who is asking for $10 million in damages and threatening to seek an injunction to block the film's release. Spielberg's lawyer retorts that the plaintiff is "nuts" and that her novel is "wordy, dull, confusing and phony." So there...