Word: blockings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...anyone who physically interfered with federal government functions. The bill, if applied as broadly as it is vague, would make anyone who picketed a federal building, or protested marine recruiting on campus liable to prosecution and stiff-sentencing. One section of the bill even zeroes in on those who block public transit--which would make street marches a criminal offense...
...University reinstated Holcombe last Thursday after an eight-day suspension which followed an argument between Holcombe and his supervisor Holcombe, who returned to work yesterday, has said repeatedly since his reinstatement that its terms are so harsh that they effectively block him from functioning as a shop steward...
Harvard did not dominate the field events, though. Kevin McCafferty managed only a fifth in the shotput, and Hunt Block fouled in each of his long jump attempts...
...Last week, when a Boston Symphony representative failed to pick up Rostropovich at Logan Airport, the Russian became infuriated and decided to seek revenge. Without a word of warning, he hailed a cab with cello and Pooks in hand and asked to be delivered to the Colonnade Motel, a block from Symphony Hall...
...there are well-known and commonly used countermeasures. All the embassy need do, he says, is use metal Venetian blinds, place a layer of wire mesh under its floors, and paper its walls with metal foil, which can then be covered with regular wallpaper. These precautions would not only block any incoming microwaves, but would also prevent bugs in inside walls from sending signals outside the building by microwave...