1.   In each of the last three years, in defiance of conventional wisdom, NBC has moved emerging comedies to new nights and to build blocks of comedy shows.

2.   Sharon said he was working on resuscitating the nationalist opposition by trying to build a block of parties opposed to significant concessions at the peace table.

3.   The business acumen of giving up a future building block for the chance of lasting two rounds in the playoffs could be questioned.

4.   Tribal leaders hope to build a block of low-rent housing on the reservation and provide other basic services.

5.   When block after block of apartment houses were being built in the Valley after the war, he painted murals in the dining rooms of most apartments.

6.   After suicide car bomb attacks and drive-by shootings, concrete blocks were built to encircle Israeli army camps and Jewish settlements.

7.   He said Humpuss Terminal had built six blocks of low-cost apartments for workers at the terminal and that four more blocks were planned for future construction.

8.   Television showed heavily armed troopers were disembarking helicopters on the hill and searching through the bush, while others were building road blocks to control traffic.