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Word: blockful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...unbearable. Interference had just been called in the end zone, and we had new life. A buck into the line failed, but as the clock ticked on Blankenship refused to fold, and got the final touchdown with four seconds left. Princeton was fired up, and it was able to block the point after...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Soaking Up the Bennies | 11/13/1969 | See Source »

...effort to cut off the demonstrators sitting on the steps. They were repulsed. SDS had set up their microphones on the wall beside the top steps and was directing traffic and posting troop movements for those who couldn't see: "About 50 MP's are trying to block off the stairs... they're using tear gas... it looks like our people have them surrounded... yup, it looks like a rout," one of the speakers calmly announced to the crowd...

Author: By Stephen D. Lerner, | Title: Washington After Dark | 11/13/1969 | See Source »

...messenger came running from the North side of the Pentagon with news of violent clashes between Marshals and demonstrators near the access roads. 'This is a picnic up here," he screamed, "people are being massacred down there. You can hear the heads splitting a block away." There was discussion about whether people should leave their positions and go down to the access roads but it was decided that it was best to stay. A boy next to me started memorizing the number of a local lawyer. Someone else from behind me said that they wouldn't mind being taken...

Author: By Stephen D. Lerner, | Title: Washington After Dark | 11/13/1969 | See Source »

...That fake punt really-caught us off-guard." Farneti said. "We had ten men on the line, hoping to block the kick. I kept expecting to hear the sound of the ball getting kicked, and then all of a sudden they'd completed a pass," he explained. Farneti made the tackle, and Harvard hied well for three plays before MacBean leaped over the goal line from a foot...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Powerful Tigers Humiliate Harvard, 51-20 | 11/10/1969 | See Source »

Kleindienst did not explain why government officials consider Constitution Avenue-which roughly parallels Pennsylvania one block to the south-is more likely to minimize the danger of violence by militants...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Government Will Prevent Protestors From Marching Down Pennsylvania Ave. | 11/8/1969 | See Source »

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