1.   It is subversive to companies that sell remediation-which explains why solid waste companies often block efforts to reduce the volume of garbage.

2.   Aldridge, who had an effort blocked in the second minute, secured the dream start in the fourth.

3.   A minute later, Dave Watson had a goal-bound effort blocked.

4.   In the fifty first minute, a delightful move with Magilton setting up a great chance for Paul Simpson, but Stowell blocked his effort.

5.   American officials have been unhappy in the past when the authorities blocked their efforts to investigate some Americans here with close ties to the Panamanian government.

6.   Although the voters of that nation elected Raymond Stanley to serve as their chairman, dissident residents blocked his efforts to take office.

7.   Among those expected to head almost immediately to federal court to block the effort are the governors of Idaho and Montana.

8.   And at least one senator, John Kerry, D-Mass., has said he will block any effort to permit drilling in the wildlife refuge.

9.   And he would be able to blame the Democrats for blocking his efforts to help the less fortunate.

10.   Another would have blocked efforts to reduce pollution from storm-water runoff, considered by the EPA to be the largest source of water pollution in Arizona.