Kalou twice almost got in on goal while a superb last-ditch block tackle by Phil Bardsley denied the Ivorian his second goal in two games.

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"I mean it's basic block and tackle stuff, " Biden said while touring one Washington train station with CNN.

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If an advertiser chooses to merely block and tackle, lacking human relevance, his message will die a quick death.

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There is a management mind-block around the challenges they can legitimately tackle.

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Petri Pasanen managed to block Ljungberg's pass to Reyes with a sliding tackle, but the ball broke kindly for Henry, who finished with aplomb.

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The owners will also vote on offensive players being allowed to block low when moving toward their own goal line in the tackle box.

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The Terriers defender looked to make amends for his earlier lapse, first with a brave block to deny a dithering Bendtner and then with a superb saving tackle on the Dane, before Fabregas broke the League One side's resistance.

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Even if he wants to tackle vested interests in business or the bureaucracy, which so often block reform, he will have no power base from which to do so.

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One big potential stumbling block after the initial shutting down of the Yongbyon plant will be agreeing what to tackle next.

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In September 2010, the EU again called on Bulgaria to take urgent action to tackle crime and corruption, and later in the year France and Germany announced that they would block Bulgaria from joining the Schengen passport-free zone until the country had made "irreversible progress" in this area.

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