Word: block
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They could have Siegfried and Roy swinging from vines, and it wouldn't change the take on Bryant Drive. Residents and three homeowner associations lost a lawsuit to block the takeover, which is now on appeal. In March the same group filed suit in federal court, alleging a civil rights violation. The state stands prepared to wield the power of eminent domain, a legal term meaning "we can do anything we want." But the Bryants and their neighbors--Gussie Ellis and her family of five, and Pierre Hollingsworth's family of three, which rents from a local minister--are digging...
...some of Combridge's oldest businesses, October will be their last month in the historic Read Block at the center of Harvard Square. The building's owner has not yet said what this date will mean for The Tasty...
...private meeting on Wednesday, Cambridge Savings Bank told the building's occupants that the bank's plans to renovate Read Block will require that the tenants move-out by October 31st...
...bank's renovation plans call for the preservation of all three building facades along the Read Block and construction of a new interior. The bank will restore the two end buildings entirely and preserve the facade of the middle building, a plan which-after three years of haggling--recently received the Cambridge Historical Commission's approval...
WASHINGTON: National Endowment for the Arts advocates saw their agency take a step closer to extinction today after the House slashed the $10 million remaining in the NEA budget and voted overwhelmingly to block the states from inheriting the agency's grant-making powers. Left without a penny for even a kindergarten fingerpainting show, defenders of the grant-making agency are looking to the Senate and President Clinton to help keep their agency alive. Republican senator Slade Gorton, chair of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee, has indicated a willingness to fund the agency with at least $99.5 million next year. Republican...