Word: blocks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lineman [in football] who can squat 500pounds will not play if he can't block his way outof a paper bag," Sardo says...
...catcher, I work on squatting,long-distance running and lifting weights toimprove my foot-speed and quickness for lateralmovement to block balls in the dirt," he says."But the best way to get better at throwing outbaserunners is to just practice long tosses towork on arm strength...
...issue of smoke was brought up at this meeting when Mrs. Huber complained that smoke frequently billowed down the block from the club. She complained that it affected her eyes even indoors, and prevented her from opening her windows at any time...
Although this is an important issue, it seems a tragedy to block funding for the U.N. on this basis. The consequences of Congress' decision--increased conflict, disease and death--can be seen in any newspaper...
...passengers on H.M.S. Java when the U.S.S. Constitution, now a tourist attraction in Boston Harbor, defeats the British ship off Brazil in his sixth novel, The Fortune of War) and retold in language nearly understandable to a landsman ("A burton-tackle to the chesstree. Lead aft to a snatch block fast to the aftermost ringbolts and forward free. Look alive there!"). In the new novel Napoleon has just escaped from Elba, and the two heroes must block a huge shipment of Algerian gold intended to pay the Emperor's Muslim mercenaries...