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I wondered if the diversity of answers to such a basic question were a road-block to reform in itself.
Heather Wolpert-Gawron: What Is the Purpose of Public Education? Heather Wolpert-Gawron 2010
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Has anyone recently seen a road-block from IBM forcing drivers to buy workstations before they are allowed to continue traveling?
What is the normal rate of suicides? « Antiwar.com Blog 2008
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According to the Barb, a New Left newspaper in Berkeley that sometimes covered events in the Haight, a droll observer noted that the police presence "kinda creates a road-block, doesn't it?"
Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 196583 2007
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With arrest warrants likely to be issued, this criminal complaint brought before one of Europe's leading counter-terrorist courts has lead to renewed questions about America, the rule of law, and human rights as well as raised a serious road-block in the way of two of the targets 'summer vacation plans.
Will Menaker: David Addington and John Yoo Cancel Plans to Backpack Across Europe 2009
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Then there was my visit in the 1990s in which I got lost several times, walked into an armed road-block in the middle of the night (luckily the police were checking cars, not pedestrians), photographed most of the local flora and saved a tortoise's life (it had fallen on its back); I'm sure that all of this is recorded in the local annals somewhere ... possibly?
Necropolis Walter Jon Williams 2009
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And he has Republicans trying to road-block his every move.
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A broad-looking avenue led quickly to a road-block.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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And he has Republicans trying to road-block his every move.
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And he has Republicans trying to road-block his every move.
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There will always be Republicans and therefor always someone for Hillary to blame a road-block on if she continues with this thinking.
Lane Hudson and Katharine Zaleski: LiveBlog of Gay Issues Debate 2008
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