Word: hamper
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...atmosphere suggests that many of the very basic cleavages in attitudes may be reconciled. While the conferences deal with both a long-range issue (a charter for the proposed International Trade Organization) and a more immediate problem (the writing of new multi-lateral trade agreements), the same conflicting philosophics hamper both tasks. Fortunately America, upon whom the success of the sessions and the ultimate fortunes of the ITO and world trade rests, seems, at last, to have accepted its responsibilities...
With Captain Saul Mariaschin ably holding down the Orange and Black's scoring ace George Lawry to nine markers, Barclay employed a special shifting man-to-man defense to hamper the Princeton attack...
This year's Freshman team has been laboring under two handicaps. First because of pool limitations the squad must be kept as near twenty as possible, and second, Freshman practice consumes but seven and a half hours a week, in order not to hamper the Varsity mermen...
...refuted or sustained by rigorous investigations. The ancient fable, that a certain frequency with a certain intensity would send a man into raving insanity, was sent back ot the writers of science fiction wood pulps. Incessant testing of human guinea pigs proved that loud and constant noise does no hamper efficiency or make for neurotic individuals. A steady stream of practical inventions for wartime communications and medical purposes poured forth form this laboratory and its partner project in Cruft, the Electro-Acoustic Laboratory. Among the contributions of the joint effort were an clactroacoustic air speed indicator, lightweight soundproofing...
Depending neither on predominantly ground or passing attack, the Yardlings, running from the T, mix up their plays and try to use as varied an attack as possible. Rain today should hamper the Freshman strategy. Lamar stresses sharp, rugged blocking and savage tackling, and expects his team to make up in fight what it may lack in skill...