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GUM UP THE WORKS. The attempt to disable or disorganize another player's activities or communications.
I See Your Peacock and Raise You a Jam
January 30, 2012
The Occupy D.C. movement's ongoing protest (the act of camping) is being answered by a disabling of activities (the U.S. Park Service police enforing the no camping law). This typical pattern of Playmaker escalation, the Peacock countered by the Jam, is typical in these situations, though often backfires. Are there different plays the Park Service might run? (wapo.st/xlXHfw)
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GUM UP THE WORKS. The attempt to disable or disorganize another player's activities or communications.
Boycott Kardashians Gains Momentum
November 16, 2011
Sick of the Kardashian Klan? Well, you're not alone. A growing group of social media activists are attempting to disrupt the Kardashian's stranglehold on reality TV and celebrity entertainment news by boycotting all things Kim K. and Ko. (on.fb.me/vS2S6L)
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GUM UP THE WORKS. The attempt to disable or disorganize another player's activities or communications.
Clamping Down
November 7, 2011
The heads of China’s leading information technology companies have pledged to censor internet content more strictly as the Communist party tries to tame a boisterous online media. (on.ft.com/szAO43)
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GUM UP THE WORKS. The attempt to disable or disorganize another player's activities or communications.
Do Not Question!
July 25, 2011
Government directives demanding journalists not question official accounts of a deadly high-speed train crash in China are fueling public anger and suspicion about conflicting details of the accident. (reut.rs/rbTqUw)
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GUM UP THE WORKS. The attempt to disable or disorganize another player's activities or communications.
Jack on Rory: Not So Fast
July 11, 2011
Jack Nicklaus believes it's too early to label Rory McIlroy golf's next superstar: "Don't anoint him as the crown prince yet," Nicklaus told the BBC on Sunday. "He has won one major. When he starts to win two, three or four, then you can say he's the guy we've got to watch, period."
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GUM UP THE WORKS. The attempt to disable or disorganize another player's activities or communications.
Greeks Gum Up Athens
June 15, 2011
Greeks took to the streets to protest major anti-austerity protest in Athens, throwing rocks and firebombs at police outside Parliament, where the struggling government sought support for new cutbacks required to avoid a debt default. (huff.to/jT387n)
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GUM UP THE WORKS. The attempt to disable or disorganize another player's activities or communications.
Britain Freezes Speculation
March 31, 2011
Attempting to quash speculation and out-maneuver critics, the British government announced it has no plans to offer defecting Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa -- whom some consider to be a war-criminal and a terror mastermind -- immunity from prosecution, saying the Qadaffi-confidant arrived in Londonon his own will. (http://nyti.ms/e9vkKk)
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GUM UP THE WORKS. The attempt to disable or disorganize another player's activities or communications.
Mubarak Stuck in Sharm
February 28, 2011
Egypt's public prosecutor issued a travel ban on ousted President Hosni Mubarak and his family while freezing their money and assets. http://bbc.in/h2APbo
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