Word: blocking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Three pairs of rubbers, 16 lipsticks and a set of red plastic measuring cups turned up at the sale. So did two raincoats and a pair of pocketbooks, but their owners rushed in from lunch in time to rescue them before they went on the block...
About 38.000 College alumni will receive brochures backing a utilitarian war memorial. The last minute attempt to block a $60,000 plaque as Harvard's World War H memorial was started last night by the Student Council, the Crimson Key Society, and the House committees...
...Jewelry and sequins blaze as distractingly as small klieg lights. Large hats block the best efforts of studio electricians. Patent leather shoes and satin dresses have a more unattractive glow than a shiny nose...
...scouting report shows the Indians have a weak by-line so we plan to split their infinitive and block their metaphors," tongued the old master, hers do combat...
...some miniature wooden stands and observe critically. The Varsity starts a play. "One, two, three, four, SHIFT, five, six, seven. . ." and the ball is centered. I don't see it again until everybody stops running. "How to go Hal!" mutters one of the sports writers. "Noonan missed his block," says another...