On Thursday, Mr. Kerry took the unprecedented step of trying to block a fact-finding mission to Honduras by Republican Sen.

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Another of the 44 nations -- India -- has sought to block the CTBT at every step: vetoing it in the Conference on Disarmament so that it could not be submitted as a Conference document.

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With every step, as we passed through one block and then another, more boys and girls gaped at our procession, which was obviously, to them, some kind of date, something significant, far more than a casual stroll.

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So they hire lobbyists, step up their campaign contributions -- and block the change that people want.

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The move would bring the Senate one step closer to a showdown over the ability of Democrats to block nominees they oppose.

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U.S. District Court Judge Edward Korman has said that politics was behind efforts by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to block the unrestricted sale of the Plan B One-Step morning-after pill and its generic competitors.

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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.

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