Word: block
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...such attacks do come, they will find the U.S. largely unprepared. In 1996 Congress passed the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act, which called for government action to block assaults on U.S. territory and help for local governments to prepare to deal with them. The Pentagon is beginning to work on better detectors, masks, filtration systems and vaccines. The Army and Marine Corps have created special task forces to respond to germ or gas threats. But earlier this year President Clinton reported to Congress that local authorities are not properly trained. In fact, he said, the first police...
...with the determination of a Panzer division hitting the French border. To woo the heirs, Christie's, as reported in the Wall Street Journal, struck a complicated guarantee deal whereby the four Ganz children would get a total of $120 million, no matter what the pictures realized on the block. Then came a thick calendar of promotional dinner parties (catered in a town house hung with the Ganz artworks), symposiums on Picasso and the collection, private and public viewings, and a general media blitz...
...what no company has done over the past 60 years: crack the monopoly of the animated market held by Disney. With nearly $100 million put into production and marketing, Fox even scared the Magic Mouse--Disney quickly re-released The Little Mermaid in a feeble attempt to block Anastasia's success...
...Columbia took us by surprise. They had a big block and good defense. It shook us up a bit," Hart said...
...Crimson set up in its standard goalline run formation, with sophomore linebacker Isaiah Kacyvenski and sophomore fullback Damon Jones lined up to block for Menick. But instead, Linden took one step back and lobbed the ball over the pile to junior tight end Chris Eitzmann in the back of the end zone. Sophomore Mike Giampaolo's extra point made the score 14-0 Harvard...