When they returned, the front door was locked and there was a chain on from the inside, blocking their way.

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The Gen Xers, now in their 20s and 30s, have always felt stymied by the enormous mass of boomers blocking their way up the ladder.

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The problem is that, without full-backs charging forward to provide support, too often they find two men blocking their way to goal and attacks peter out.

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"The metal barriers they used to keep people in line on their way in, ended up blocking people from getting out, " Mattheus Bortolotto, a young dentist, told local TV.

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True, home builders continue to be plagued by too many distressed properties that are now on the market at prices way below their original listed prices, thus blocking the sale of new homes.

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The couple earlier told the court they were forced out of their home in 2007 after failing to find a way of blocking out the noise.

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