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Word: blockings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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This last fact is important because British motives in Palestine are not above suspicion. In her desire to keep her oil concessions and an effective Middle-East sterling block, Britain has encouraged and may continue to aid Arab aspirations. British officers, upon discharge, are being advised to enlist with Arab forces, and, of even more concern, is the immediate possibility that Britain will rapidly and unexpectedly evacuate, Palestine, leaving arms and instigators behind in the vacuum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Goodbye Forever? | 10/17/1947 | See Source »

This particular doctor has so many patients that it takes him months to make his rounds. And his visits take him thousands of miles from his office, a grey building in Washington, D.C. a block from the White House. Dr. Paul Ramsey Hawley, medical director of the Veterans Administration, has more patients than any physician in the world's history ever had-about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Doctor to 4,000,000 | 10/13/1947 | See Source »

Actually, nobody was surprised at the outcome. Four of the Techmen who helped rout the Crimson yesterday had beaten Harvard's first man last year. What puzzled Coach Mikkola was the inability of the Varsity to split up the sixman M.I.T. block which ran more or less together...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Techmen Find Lowest Denominator In Downing Crimson Harriers, 15-61 | 10/11/1947 | See Source »

...deciding goal, at 50 seconds of the second extra-time session, capped an uphill fight by the visiting team and unsuccessfully demolished what was considered to be the chief stumbling block in the Varsity's drive for an undefeated season. This year's Caydet squad is virtually the same outfit which last year ranked second in the East behind Dartmouth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soccer Team Halts West Point, 3-2 | 10/11/1947 | See Source »

...berth, while Pete Coyne, of Brookline, another guard, looks good defensively. Waring and O'Brien are two competitors for the center slot although Lamar has moved Waring out to the end in practice sessions and 206-pound O'Brien has the edge right now. Waring, however, can tackle and block effectively and will undoubtedly see plenty of action somewhere on the squad...

Author: By Rafael M. Steinberg, | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/7/1947 | See Source »

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