Word: crimp
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...your computer underperforming? Online activities such as downloading music, installing programs and accidentally opening strange e-mails can crimp the efficiency of even the fastest machines. Here are five steps for keeping your Windows clear. --By Maryanne Murray Buechner...
...House press corps. Not just on what we wrote-that was his job of course. But you could see it in the actions of the correspondents after a briefing: Lots of kicking of trash cans or spontaneous verbal eruptions to no one in particular. The Bush team promised to crimp the flow of information from the White House and Fleischer executed that policy masterfully...
...jailed Fatah chief has put a major crimp in hopes for a smooth transition of power in the wake of the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Until last week, Mahmoud Abbas--Arafat's longtime P.L.O. deputy who has the backing of the Central Committee of Fatah, the most powerful Palestinian party--seemed likely to roll up a big victory in the Jan. 9 election for Palestinian President. But last week Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison for his part in deadly shooting attacks early in the four-year intifadeh, announced his candidacy...
Taking work home from the office may crimp your lifestyle in more ways than one. Researchers at the State University of New York at Stony Brook say the heat from a laptop computer--when used on the lap--can disrupt sperm production and affect fertility. Scientists found that scrotal temperatures in 29 men rose more than 4°F after an hour of laptop-computer use. Increases of more than 1.8°F have been associated with reduced fertility in previous research. Talk about an occupational hazard...
...Demand from China, for example, played a large role in hauling Japan's export-driven economy out of a prolonged slump. The mainland's neighbors have already been warily monitoring Beijing's efforts to cool overheated sectors such as real estate, fearful that clampdowns on credit and investment could crimp their China trade. Now there's a new worry: "China's dependence on oil is very high," says Shuji Shirota, chief economist at investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in Tokyo. "If [oil] prices choked off growth in China, that would have a big effect on Japan...