Word: blocking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Asked in effect whether the White House was in collusion with North, Reagan insisted, "The things we're blocking are the things that duty requires we block." He would not pardon North before a trial, he said, because anyone accepting a pardon would live "under a shadow of guilt." Since Federal Judge Gerhard Gesell hopes to start the trial in late January, any pardon after a possible conviction would have to come from the new President, George Bush...
...seven-year custom in downtown Pittsburgh. The seasonal Nativity scene, erected by the Holy Name Society of the Pittsburgh diocese, was barred from the Allegheny County courthouse, where it had adorned the grand staircase of the building's rotunda. Also banned was an 18-ft. menorah displayed a block away at the front of the City-County building and sponsored by Chabad, the national organization of Lubavitcher Hasidic Jews. "The city viewed the display as a nice gesture consistent with the holiday spirit," laments George Specter, one of Pittsburgh's attorneys. But last week the Supreme Court rejected Chabad...
STEP 1: The Hotel. Instead of spending millions of dollars on a construction project that will block traffic in the Square for years, Harvard should take advantage of a building it already owns which is centrally located and can easily be converted into a first class, four-star hotel--Memorial Hall...
...Arafat wanted to rally support for the Palestine National Council's (P.N.C.) declaration of an independent state. But mainstream American Jewish groups supported Shultz's view that Arafat's role in international terrorism justified preventing the U.N. speech. In late September, 51 Senators urged the Reagan Administration to block Arafat's visit. "I'm prepared to fight this one all the way to the President," Shultz vowed...
LEHIGH [75]: Chris Block 3-7--13; TomMartin 3-3--9; Dozie Mbonu 4-2--10; Scott Layer4-2--12; Neal Fenton 1-0--3; Mike O'Hara 4-7--16;Steve Yaniga 1-0--2; Peter Rudman 2-0--6; ChuckPenn 1-0--2; Steve Bowsher...