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...like how we’re killing penalties, and I think the kids are becoming much more eager to block the shot and recognize that it gives our team a ton of energy when they do that,” Stone said...

Author: By Alex Sopko, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Special Teams Determine Outcome | 11/19/2009 | See Source »

...biggest fear for technology companies is that the court might impose a block on an entire class of patents - in this case patents dealing with business methods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Supreme Court: When Do Ideas Deserve Patents? | 11/18/2009 | See Source »

When the third set went into overtime, freshman Taylor Docter’s play helped the Crimson win it. Ono Horn served with the score tied at 25, and Docter made a block that caused an attack error by Penn. Then, with Harvard up by one, an assist by Durwood led to a kill by Docter—the eighth of her thirteen kills for the night...

Author: By Erika T. Butler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Split Marks Final Weekend | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

Kilpatrick's attorneys tried to block the line of questioning, saying the former mayor, not his wife, must resolve his debts. One of their central arguments is that Kilpatrick's plea agreement allows the restitution to be adjusted to reflect 30% of his gross monthly income. Nevertheless, the exchange showed why it's hard to believe anything he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick's (Money) Troubles Continue | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

After a temporary easing up during the 2008 Olympics, China's system of online controls has grown noticeably stricter in recent months, and social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook are now blocked. The decision to block Twitter followed the Iranian use of the social networking site in June, says Xiao Qiang, the director of the China Internet Project at the University of California, Berkeley. Websites discussing sensitive topics like Tibet, the Tiananmen crackdown and the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement are also routinely blocked, and in the Xinjiang region, which experienced bloody ethnic riots in July, people are barred...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could Obama Get Around China's 'Great Firewall'? | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

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