The policy blocked or delayed the expansion of coverage in several states, including Louisiana, New York, Ohio and Oklahoma.
One of his mortgage victims has carried out a scorched-earth policy: blocking the sewers so the house's interior is literally covered in shit.
Perhaps his later, Rothko-like preforence for large, luminous policy blocks (as opposed to, say, Bill Clinton's fly's-eye view of government as a multifacetted montage, endlessly adjustable) derived from his unfocussed childhood.
But on Sept. 29 they accused Wall Street of supporting foreclosures, encouraging inequality, undermining the agricultural system and poisoning the food supply, stripping employees of healthcare, pay and negotiating rights, determining "catastrophic" economic policy, blocking alternate energy sources, and more.
The over-cosy consensus that has given the trade unions, which are close to the Social Democrats, a big say in policy (blocking suggestions, for instance, that the retirement age should go up) may be weakened too.Foreign policy could also shift gear.
Cyberbullying: Most camps have a no-cell phone policy (blocking the Internet in their computer areas for example), but many parents want to keep in contact with their kids over the summer -- so sometimes, a handheld device slips through.
But in times of crisis, when such policies block the plans of advocacy groups trying to influence events, the rules become more visible and the object of intense criticism.
That could help push policies blocked by Congress.
"Sometimes compromise and agreement isn't possible and you just have to say no," Clegg said as he listed 16 Tory policies blocked by the Lib Dems.
For those who oppose the president's policies, blocking a nomination can be an effective way to prevent a new law from taking effect.
