Word: block
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Madras attempted in her research to find a drug that would block the action of cocaine and leave the dopamine transporter untouched...
...homeless and spent many days sitting on this block," the poster reads. "Many people in the community knew...
Like Michael Jordan, he has a burning desire to win. Like Frank Thomas, he comes to the game fully prepared. Like Dennis Rodman, he will block out anyone who tries to keep him from an offensive rebound. That is why all of the above play for Jerry Reinsdorf, a 60-year-old C.P.A. and attorney who owns the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox. And that is why Reinsdorf signed offensive-rebound Albert Belle last week to a five-year, $52.5 million contract that made the troubled slugger the highest-paid baseball player in history--and the owner...
...stated that "The Clinton White House is on the block to a degree that leaves even Republican influence peddlers breathless." What leaves me breathless is the hypocrisy of a President who ignores his own promises of campaign-finance reform, shamelessly and directly involves himself in raising $250 million (some of which may be illegal) and then, just days before the end of his last political campaign, once again calls for reform. I'm left breathless but not surprised. What else should one expect from a man (and his wife) whose capacity for hypocrisy seems boundless? DAVID F. WILLIAMS Minnetonka, Minnesota...
Given the possibility of unintended consequences, should Molly's parents let antidrug messages through? What about Martha Stewart? Would throwing a V-chip block on Martha Stewart be extreme? Maybe. But how would they feel if they arrived home one day and found Molly arranging fall foliage into a perfect centerpiece...