Word: blocking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Determined to impeach Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, House Republican Leader Gerald Ford decided not to introduce a formal resolution That would be handled by the House Judiciary Committee, and Ford was afraid its liberal members might block his move. Instead, he urged a special probe into Douglas' conduct. The only approval required for that was from the conservative House Rules Committee. But liberals rapidly upset Ford's plan...
...strikers formed two moving circles, completely surrounding the building. Members of the Steering Committee told the pickets, "If an administrator comes, we do not take physical retaliation; we obstruct him and block him non-violently with our bodies...
...Strike Coordinating Committee statement issued early this morning said that the demonstrators plan to block only the deans, and that "no violence will be initiated by picketers...
...mass meeting of 900 students voted last night to block off University Hall at 8 a.m. this morning with an obstructive picket line...
When the SDS march through the Yard and House area began at 10:30 p.m. three freshmen-Stephen Stark. Robert Booth, and Nicholas Uncovic-ran through all the freshman dorms urging students to block physically a Shannon Hall takeover...