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Word: blockings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Vigna's style of play depends on concentration. She is able to block out the pressure, the taunts of unfriendly crowds and the antics of her opponents...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: A Tale of the Intense Machine | 4/29/1987 | See Source »

There was "a big, big discussion on largeissues" before members voted to block Huntington'selection, several Academy members said. Thesemembers said the defeat was largely due to a fileof documentation challenging Huntington'sscholarship that Lang has been distributing tomembers for more than a year...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: NAS Rejects Huntington For Second Straight Year | 4/29/1987 | See Source »

...restaurants throughout this clean, orderly city, known for its per capita wealth and celebrity residents, vociferous smokers are shrieking that the new ordinance is fascist, Communist and tyrannical. "It's the People's Republic of Beverly Hills," fumes Irene Robbins, a bookkeeper for the Mandarin, a Chinese restaurant one block from Rodeo Drive. "The smog is ten times worse than anything you're going to breathe sitting through dinner with a smoker," insists Ronnie Fondell, puffing away at an outdoor table at Caffe Roma, a lively bistro where sleek Europeans come to meet and gawk. "Why not take cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Hands Up and Butts Out! | 4/27/1987 | See Source »

...Elsewhere and L.A. Law) was unusually complex, interweaving a dozen or so major characters and several ongoing plots each week. If the comic interludes were often heavy- handed and the drama sometimes soapy, Hill Street nevertheless defined "quality television" for much of the '80s and was a key building block in NBC's climb from last place to first in the ratings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Hill Street, Hail and Farewell | 4/27/1987 | See Source »

...missiles are gone. When the Western nations pointed out that this would still leave the Soviets with a distinct advantage in shorter-range missiles, Gorbachev outmaneuvered them with yet another concession. Before Shultz's trip to Moscow, Washington's insistence on strict verification looked like a potential stumbling block to a treaty. Until Gorbachev, the Soviets had never been willing to seriously consider the idea of foreigners poking around their missile sites, and it had remained unclear how far the new leader would go. But Gorbachev not only indicated approval of American ideas, he tried last week to make them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now, Super-Zero? | 4/27/1987 | See Source »

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