Word: blocking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...projects would flank a pedestrian walkway through their block from Brattle St. to the part of Mt. Auburn St. opposite the Charles Hotel. Architects of the project have said they hope this "Brattle Walk" will create more "public space" and make it easier for shoppers to reach Charles Square boutiques from the main Harvard Square shopping district...
...Block that Shot: Mohler has blocked 24 shots this year, and now has 93 in his career. The 6-ft., 8-in. center has 79 rebounds this year, and is 30 short of 400 boards in his career...
Many U.S. record executives prefer a tougher solution. They are urging Congress to force the DAT manufacturers to equip their machines with a computer chip that will block the copying of prerecorded music altogether. But while Congress considers the matter in its usual deliberate fashion, some DAT makers are accelerating their assault on the U.S. market. Their reasoning: if enough Americans buy DAT recorders, Congress will be loath to interfere with how they are used...
...subject is not without its ironies. The Belle Epoque also saw the high- water mark of Japanese influence on French painting and decorative arts. The Western taste for lacquer, fans, screens and wood-block prints that began soon after Commodore Perry sailed into Tokyo Bay in 1853 had become a mania in Paris by the 1890s. Japanism was all the rage. "I envy the Japanese the extreme clearness which everything has in their work . . . They do a figure in a few sure strokes as if it were as simple as buttoning your waistcoat." It is Vincent van Gogh writing from...
Neilson came up with a big block and then almost put a spike through Hite's chest. As the Midshipmen were recovering, Olson put away a pair of slams to tie the game...