Word: blocking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Deep cuts proposed by Reagan in housing programs and urban aid are avoided, although the Community Development Block Grant program would be reduced by 10 percent. Several government loan portfolios would be sold to raise money...
...from perfect: some lab facilities are crowded, as are many classrooms, and the school has none of the usual collegial amenities for the all-commuter student body or staff. McCormack's director, Edmund Beard, admits that UMASS "has all the problems of a new kid on the block and then some." But, he adds, "it's well on the way to making a name for itself, and it's the greatest educational bargain (next year's in-state tuition: $1,296) in New England...
Seelinger began to violently insult the women and threatened to have them arrested, Spire told the Sun. Reacting to a yelled insult, the Cornell junior got out of his car and allegedly hit Spire across the chest when she tried to block him from hitting another woman...
...incidents involving cars plowing through women will leave a lasting effect," organizer Leslie Harris, a sophomore, told the Sun. "To drive when someone's standing in front of you is just sickness." Police had given the women permission to block the street for the march...
...Saudis are placing their hopes for industrial growth in showcase projects like Jubail, a $20 billion new city that rises like a shimmering mirage above the turquoise waters of the gulf. Mile after mile of silver pipes snake across the sands at Jubail, and block after block of beige-colored bungalows fill its residential sector. From Jubail's plants come chemicals and fertilizers as well as iron, aluminum and steel. Planners expect the community to grow from the 30,000 residential workers it now houses to 300,000 by the year...