• In the front drive of their breeze-block house, there is a motorbike, still with its Alabama license plates.

    BBC: Heading back across the border

  • The Lovings were free to go home and live together, in a new cinder-block house Richard built himself.

    ECONOMIST: Mildred Loving, law-changer, died on May 2nd, aged 68

  • In contravention of the planning regulations, many of its gardens have been filled with breeze-block sheds to house the latest arrivals.

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  • That new three-story monster-house on the block, could you believe two mil, those show-off window arches and did you get a load of that corny balcony, all of it throwing the neighborhood out of whack, a crazy eyesore, but hey, it was driving property values up, he could live with that.

    NEWYORKER: History of a Disturbance

  • House Republicans have discussed pushing a Medicaid per-person spending cap next year as a possible compromise to the Medicaid block grant proposal in the House-passed budget, according to Rep. Mike Burgess (R-TX), but Democratic lobbyists say it is doubtful Congress could work out a deal in part because per-person caps would create bureaucratic nightmares.

    FORBES: Why Block-Granting Medicaid Will Result in Better Health Care for the Poor

  • Its full support would bring the second-largest block of votes in the lower house and vital minutes of pro-Lula television campaign advertising.

    ECONOMIST: Brazil's president is being undermined by an awkward ally

  • At last count, there were eight other Ryan households within a six-block radius of his house, a large Georgian Revival with six bedrooms and eight bathrooms that is on the National Register of Historic Places.

    NEWYORKER: Fussbudget

  • Many elements of the reform package were approved by the Bundestag - the lower house - in January and have become law but the upper house had continued to block some important elements.

    BBC: Germany defuses pensions timebomb

  • Within a six-block radius stood War Memorial Opera House, Herbst Theatre, Davies Symphony Hall and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, all venues used by SFJazz during its 30-year rise from upstart weekend festival to standard-bearing year-round jazz nonprofit.

    WSJ: This Building Sounds the Right Note | SFJazz Center

  • The House has called for a block-grant system that would allow states to use their federal education dollars as they see fit, as long as they sign pledges guaranteeing that state test scores will demonstrate a steady curve upward.

    CNN: Bush impatient with Congress on education bill

  • It's an old craftsman house on a quiet block in working-class Highland Park, a neighborhood of steep hills scattered with dry palm fronds, the tinkling bells of immigrants pushing ice cream carts.

    NPR: Homebuyer Looks For Deals In Short Sales

  • Although Republicans still have at least 40 votes in the Senate to block everything, they still have the White House - they definitely have a lot more leverage today than they had yesterday.

    NPR: Financial Markets Watch Election Results with Interest

  • It follows a four-day public inquiry last week into plans for the supermarket at the foot of Arlington House, an 18-storey tower block.

    BBC: Margate seafront Tesco to be decided by Eric Pickles

  • Normally on October 31, my twin brother and I would step out of our shotgun house and rush to every home within a three-block radius.

    NPR: Stepping Out of Fear

  • Designed by celebrated architect Rafael Vinoly, the home features floor-to-ceiling windows that look out to the Belgium block courtyard surrounding the main house.

    FORBES: America's Most Beautiful Mansions For Sale

  • Rep. Charlie Gonzalez, D-Texas, warned Thursday that several caucus members might try to block the House bill if it's changed to conform to the Senate measure.

    CNN: Abortion threatens House health care bill

  • Sir Terry, like Sir Peter, comes from modest origins in Merseyside, but whereas the quiet, lean Sir Terry still collects visitors personally from the lobby of Tesco's shabby headquarters in Cheshunt, the charismatic, rotund Sir Peter directs Sainsbury's fortunes from a glass-and-steel office block in central London and seems most at home at the Royal Opera House, where he is a director.

    ECONOMIST: Face value

  • Labour MPs have failed to block controversial plans to cap working-age benefit rises at 1% as the proposals passed through the House of Commons.

    BBC: Planned 1% benefits rises cap backed by MPs

  • Ron Wyden (D-OR), who sponsored a Medicare premium support proposal with GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan (WI), an approach that is in now the House budget, would only say that he opposes Medicaid block grants and declined to discuss per-person caps.

    FORBES: Why Block-Granting Medicaid Will Result in Better Health Care for the Poor

  • The House Appropriations Committee June 10 voted to block the contract, because Accenture (nyse: ACN - news - people ) insists it is based in Bermuda, not the United States, where its top executives work and where a plurality of its employees toil.

    FORBES: Accenture Tax Dodging The Bullet

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