A closely watched price index fell below a critical level, setting off computer programs to sell huge blocks of shares.

But it is not certain whether other banks will go forward and sell huge blocks of new shares.

Stock fund investors can reach the same end by selling identifiable blocks of shares.

The station then began selling huge blocks of time to mostly churches in the local area cutting back more on low budget secular shows.

Sell large blocks before he disappears and buy when prices tumble afterward.

"It must be a place that, at one time, actually sold blocks of ice," he said.

"They won't sell big blocks tomorrow," she added, "but it's all part of a broader change in the society and the economy."

For many hours a day, the station sold blocks of time to churches.

By 1900 the government started to sell blocks in the area, shortly after a sawmill had been built.

Several top executives at Continental, however, have sold large blocks of shares recently.