Word: block
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...final club scene, Thursdays and Saturdays are almost always good nights to go out. Fridays can be questionable but are the perfect time to scoot on over to an MIT frat party. (Yes, we know what you’re thinking, but somehow MIT has lively Greek life and block parties.) And Monday nights at Uno’s are usually good for karaoke, especially for freshmen...
...SUVs The AARP represents about 40 million seniors, making it one of the largest special interest groups in the nation. But it has been pushing back hard against opponents of health reform with a series of ads that depict foes as malicious, shadowy "special interests" maneuvering black SUVs to block the path of an ambulance. "We won't stand idle when opponents of health care reform attempt to scare or mislead the American people," says AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond in the voiceover. (Watch the AARP commercial...
...about a dozen people carried guns a block away from the Phoenix convention center where President Obama was speaking, including one man with an AR-15 assault rifle slung over his shoulder. The neatly dressed man carrying the AR-15 - who also had a holstered pistol on his hip - identified himself to a reporter from the Arizona Republic only as Chris as he argued with supporters of Obama's health-reform efforts. Asked why he had brought the guns to the gathering, he answered, "Because I can do it. In Arizona, I still have some freedoms left...
...policies removed from political pressures - did not fare well under the conservative CBO scoring system either. The only proposal that really impressed the CBO was the so-called public option, which would pressure private insurers to cut costs to compete with government coverage, but is now on the chopping block thanks to political pressure from Republicans and centrist Democrats...
...banking source with close ties to the Australian mining industry says that perception is wrong. "The antitrust review is real, and right now if I had to bet, I'd bet that [the Rio-BHP Billiton iron-ore tie-up] doesn't happen. The Chinese are going to block...