Word: blocks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Each play is blocked differently against different defenses," captain Sean Riley said. "We go up against three or four different base defenses in a season, so we have to know how to block each of those...
...tone of the play is set immediately. It is unmistakable and entirely unsophisticated, which is precisely what makes the play fun even if predictable and brainless. The first scene takes place in an auction house where Jackie's posessions are being sold. On the block are her Items Under the Sink, and of course these go for thousands. The bidders, a professional looking bunch, alternate their frenetic bidding with plaintive lamb bleats. Director and writer Gip Hoppe lets us know that the vehicle here is farce, and once the play climbs in it doesn't look back...
However, the members of the media--at least the ones who came through my door--were not. A favorite tactic of the crews was to have the enormous cameraman block me with his equipment, or try to distract me in some way, while the others ran past. They grew more creative as the week ran on, while the crowds swelled. At around 9 p.m. on Thursday night, the Chicago Fire Marshal decided that there were too many people on the floor. However, this was an arena, there were no real doors, only portals, so the marshal decided to have...
...counting your blessings. You guys suck and you're so successful.' It freaked me out that someone cared enough about hating me to come up to me on the street and say it to my face." It freaked him out so badly that a resulting case of writer's block lasted two years...
...letter to members of the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues, he wrote, "I would never support a provision which would immunize cruise lines from liability for rapes." Your item seems to be the result of a campaign of distortion waged by the trial lawyers who are seeking to block other much needed reform provisions in the bill. That's the real story. JACK SCHENENDORF, Chief of Staff House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Washington...