Word: blocking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bench as fifth-string center. At the University of Oklahoma he got none of the footballers' privileges except that of hurling himself against 220-lb. varsity men in practice. He did that so enthusiastically that two hefty teammates once decided to put him in his place: they double-blocked him out of the play, scooped him up and carried him over to the sidelines, where they plopped down on top of him. But Bronko was the first to bounce up. Said he, cheerfully: "Nice block, fellows." When the coaches choose men to make the varsity trips, says Bronko, "they...
...finding to the U.S. last week in a glow of confidence. One was ECAdministrator Paul Hoffman, who was off on another round of talks in Europe, announcing "spectacular" results. Said Hoffman: "The complete recovery of Western Europe can be expected by 1952 even if the Soviet satellites continue to block trade between Eastern and Western Europe." The other report came from General Lucius Clay, home on a 27-hour visit from his headquarters in Germany to make his first direct report to the U.S. people on the Battle for Berlin...
Translated out of Communist jargon, this meant that the strike leaders were admittedly striving to block the recovery of France, to torpedo the Marshall Plan, and thus to abet the purposes of Moscow...
Concentrators in Masonry from Down-the-river surreptitiously set in a foundation block bearing the legend: "To The Sons...
...intersection below Claverly cannot be opened for parking remains a mystery which even fire safety officials cannot clear up. These gentlemen, who apparently feel that apparatus can get through the narrow, always crowded streets of the Square, could not reasonably object to parking in these areas which would not block the thoroughfare...