Word: blocks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have considerable evidence of illegal pricing," said Margo S. Block, one of the two lawyers handling the case...
...ratification. Some Senators, he says, will be worried about how much it will cost, and some will say the U.S. has conceded too much to the Russians to get a deal. Others will complain that Clinton is alienating Moscow. If those groups add up to 34 Senators, they could block the treaty. Some Senators want to make sure the Europeans will pay their bills and live up to their new commitments. "I can think of a number of ways people can get hung up in this debate," Lugar says...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The debate over indecency vs. free speech flared again as the Supreme Court refused to bar a federal law that requires cable TV operators either to block adult entertainment offerings or to air them only late in the evening. Subscriber-only, sex-oriented networks Playboy Television and Spice Entertainment are challenging the law as a violation of their First Amendment rights and had asked that the law not be enforced while a court decision on their lawsuit is pending. The two companies charge that the exorbitant cost of scrambling their programs has led cable operators to restrict adult...
...blurriest race in the derby with pluses and minuses on every side. Minghella and Hicks are the new kids on the block, and an unknown hasn't won since James L. Brooks for 1983s Terms of Endearment. Still, their films seem to be leading the Picture race, and Picture-Director consistency has been broken only four times in the last forty years. Globe-winner Forman's film is the least popular with the Academy, but his career has been the longest and most-celebrated, including two prior wins. Leigh will be a favorite among the actors, who love his improvisational...
Through what might seem like wrenching introspection, Clark remains a very happy writer. When queried about every writer's nemesis, writer's block, he said that the work of writers is writer's block. But, when all else failed, he'd go rollerblading. "With this book, after lunch every day, I'd go out and rollerblade for about two hours. There was this lake with a paved track about three miles long around it and I'd do usually about four circuits. That's generally when I work on what happens next...