Word: blocking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Publisher Paul Block is a squat, sallow, bald little Punch. Stray strands of grey criss-cross his polished dome, its grey fringe bristles when he gets excited, which is often. He pleasantly insists that friendships are his "hobby." One great & good friend whom he has long had is William Randolph Hearst. Partly with Hearst money, Mr. Block acquired nine substantial dailies...
...great stumbling block to Dr. Green's plan is that corneas deteriorate if not used within 24 hours of death. The corpses used in medical schools would provide a good source of fresh corneas except that California's curator of corpses, Dr. Guy Stillman Millberry (longtime dean of the University of California College of Dentistry), disposes of no unclaimed body for at least a day-when its corneas are no longer fit for transplanting...
Complete plans of the reconstruction of Moscow are included, with dramatic illustrations of the new streets, water ways, parks, new typical block plans for housing, the new subway and subway stations, and the new Moscow River embankment. Housing developments in several cities are also illustrated and the plans of construction in many other cities, including the agricultural cities of Zernograd and Kirovsk...
...hoard. The total Hearst collection of art and art objects has never been catalogued except in its owner's capacious memory, but its monstrous character has been a popular legend for years. Last autumn the New Yorker tried to investigate one of the five Hearst warehouses, a square block building in The Bronx, and reported rumors that besides a dim array of armor and some mummies it contained two palaces and a church, in pieces...
Also voted at the same time, cheer leader sweaters henceforth will be white with a crimson block 'H' and a black border in order to insure a uniform appearance. Before this cheer leaders have worn the sweaters of their respective sports and consequently suffered personal loss on rainy days...