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Urge Overkill.
Byline: Meghan Daum
Obsession is part of human nature. But new technology, celebrity worship, and a culture of addiction could be turning us into stalkers.
What I lack in hobbies and sports, I more than make up for in obsessions. I don't ski, paint, or play chess. When I hit a tennis ball, I have no say over its final destination. But name a topic I know a thing or two about and I can point to some period of time--a few days, a month, a handful of crazed, tortured years--when I thought of little else. That encyclopedic knowledge of spiders? Blame it on a childhood obsession with Charlotte's Web. That entirely-too-comprehensive clearinghouse of trivia ...
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...quiet feud between Los Angeles County Sheriff Sherman Block and former Sheriff Peter J. Pitchess exploded in public Monday, with Block calling his predecessor a liar and Pitchess calling Block's account of events ridiculous. Block called a news...
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- Magazine article from: Journal of the American Statistical Association Bailey, R.A. June 1, 2004 700+ words
...that one should randomize blocks among themselves even when every block contains every treatment...and we want to use two blocks, one block with treatments A and...more plots than each real block, so that design blocks can be freely randomized...
- Block Industries tackles troubles and wins. (company profile)
- Magazine article from: Daily News Record Lloyd, Brenda June 30, 1986 700+ words
Block Industries Tackles Troubles and Wins ATLANTA -- Block Industries is back on its feet again--re-organized and ready...big and tall and we're even stronger in it than...DiRosa, president of block Shirt. The division draws...
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...accept a whole number of blocks, you'll have to reframe it so the blocks will fit. Next, measure...shim them so they're plumb and secure them...nails. SET THE GLASS BLOCKS Mix up a bag of white glass-block mortar in a wheelbarrow...
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- Block-playing artists.
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...building with their hands. BLOCK LESSONS Let the blocks stay in the art class as...foam rubber pieces. EDIBLE BLOCKS A chopping block was one of my daughter Ana...room floor. INTERLOCKING BLOCKS Although most block plays produce temporary...
- Block Drug Company, Inc.
- Reference information from: International Directory of Company Histories January 1, 1994 700+ words
Block Drug Company, Inc. 257 Cornelison Avenue...Preparations; 2834 Pharmaceutical Preparations Block Drug Company, Inc., develops and manufactures...pharmaceutical products (14 percent). Block ’ s most popular products include...
- Making soil blocks for germination and transplanting.
- Magazine article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal Morgan, Frank September 1, 1993 700+ words
...minutes. A two-inch block maker, which makes four blocks at a time, was purchased...price the four inch block maker was not purchased...space. The 3/4 inch block maker was easy to bend...from properly forming blocks. This is the only time...
