Word: blocks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...soon to tell how much difference the sound bites and charm campaigns are making. With the barbecue came a promise from Helms not to block the Senate from voting on a treaty banning chemical weapons. Albright persuaded Primakov to drop an objection on NATO-troops levels, which opened the way for Russia's signing an agreement with NATO last month on the alliance's expansion into Eastern Europe...
...Albright wasn't intimidating enough to force Tudjman or Milosevic to surrender war criminals or allow hundreds of thousands of refugees to return to their homes. Helms is still willing to make trouble for the Administration, announcing last week that he would block Massachusetts Governor William Weld's nomination to be ambassador to Mexico...
...Senate Governmental Affairs Committee that must approve the immunity, and Senate Democrats say they are not ready to go along. "We're not getting any kind of cooperation on the things that we hold to be very important," said Tom Daschle. "We just think it's premature." Democrats may block Thompson's efforts to begin hearings next month. Several of his key witnesses have already left the country. These 19, Senate aides say, are smaller fish, mostly monks and nuns at a Buddhist temple who gave the DNC money after a notorious fund-raiser attended by Gore. Investigators are betting...
...Both fall and spring golf is difficult if you're not used to it, but the team persevered," Boyle said. "We actually did well in the bad weather because we were able to block it out and play through...
First, the Bears provided a physical barrier for the Crimson to overcome. After two days of exhausting play and two five-game nailbiters, the Crimson were noticeably fatigued. Furthermore, after already losing to Brown the day before, the Bears presented a mental stumbling block as well...