Cards are often blocked when the volume of transactions for which they are used abruptly spikes.
Over time, however, compassion is often blocked by negativity that develops and accumulates through the course of a life.
In the past, U.S. sanctions have often blocked software companies from widely distributing internet-related tools in countries where access seems especially critical.
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About 100, 000 people are thought to have been displaced, and aid for them has often been blocked by the militias.
Local-level gender-sensitive interventions are often delayed or blocked by lack of political will and resources.
Several of us in the health professions have battled exhaustively to make efficiency changes and all too often found ourselves blocked by decrepit management structures.
The judicial nominees of his father and Bill Clinton were blocked more often (see chart) but were thwarted by other tactics, such as keeping their nominations buried in committee.
Plus, blocked shots often are collected by the penalty killers and sent down the ice with impunity, killing precious seconds until the power-play team can get it back and attack again.
Such people are often considered for the top spots in their companies, but often find that their path is blocked not by a rival but by an executive team who understands that if you want to run a business unit, or a company, you need to work with people, not in spite of them.
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In some countries, including Oman, Egypt, Iran and the United Arab Emirates, Skype is blocked or partially blocked, although such efforts often aren't effective.
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Serial Chapter 13 filings, which are often used to stave off foreclosure or eviction, will be blocked.
People who had a system installed in winter often found that it stopped working in spring, as trees sprouted leaves that blocked the terminal's view of the base-station.
Shortly afterward, the Senate blocked a proposal to ban the manufacture and sale of certain semiautomatic rifles often called assault weapons and ban high-capacity ammunition magazines.
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