Word: bottleneck
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...Alaska, you talk Teamsters," Faulkner said. The Teamsters membership in Alaska constitutes 10 per cent of the registered voting population in the state. Controlling the material supply line to the construction sites, and a large portion of the flow of consumer goods to Alaskan residents, the Teamsters occupy a bottleneck that affords them substantial political clout. "What they say, goes," Faulkner added...
...sure eye-catchers are Collins' own spacecraft and the Friendship Seven Mercury capsule that carried John Glenn on the first U.S. orbital flight. Perhaps the most appealing exhibit in the Space Hall, another of the great bays, is the massive black and gold Skylab space station. The only bottleneck in the building is at Skylab's narrow portal, where crowds line up to enter. Says Collins...
...bottleneck in play on the closing holes finally took its toll on Fitzgibbons' concentration, as he sandwiched a bogey between three doubles to balloon out of contention...
Iran quite simply wants to do too much too fast. The trouble can be most easily seen anywhere needed imports arrive. Every Iranian port on the Persian Gulf, from Abadan to Bandar Abbas, has become not a gateway but a bottleneck. Dock facilities are totally inadequate to handle the volume of goods that have been ordered. Despite round-the-clock shifts for longshoremen and feverish construction of new piers, the average time for a ship to get a berth is an almost incredible 150 days...
...Taiwan and Korea, manufactured goods comprise 66% and 75% respectively of each country's exports, compared with 5% for most developing countries. Saudi Arabia turned to Taiwanese contractors for its rural electrification and road-building programs, and South Koreans are helping Iran untangle a nearly paralyzing transportation bottleneck. Taiwan even has its own foreign aid program called "Operation Vanguard," which sponsors agricultural, industrial and medical projects in 21 other developing nations...