Word: hamper
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...held debt last week, had a tough time selling its new issues in the straitened capital markets. In order to support the Treasury issue, the Federal Reserve was forced to go against its desires and pump a massive amount of money into the banking system-a move that will hamper the fight against inflation...
Harsh and severe limits, built into the Constitution, hamper directionless bursts of student activism. Unlike their European counterparts, American students are unable to threaten or topple the government by simply moving into the streets. There are no instant crises, no mass plebiscite to organize. Congressional elections occur once every two years in November. Presidential elections, in which the political education of the nation takes place, occur once every four years...
Sudden Switch. The crucial factor in East Germany's sudden switch was in all likelihood the influence of the Soviets, who are also engaged in negotiations with Bonn. Concerned that a deadlock between the two Germanys would hamper progress on other fronts, the Soviets apparently prevailed upon East German Party Boss Walter Ulbricht to give his go-ahead to the Brandt-Stoph summit. When the meeting was finally scheduled, the Soviet embassy in Bonn issued a terse statement that left no doubt about Moscow's attitude. Said the Russians: "We welcome...
...that the faculty has voted to defer decision on the Harvard-Radcliffe merger, in fact gives the impression that the Harvard community has already decided that merger would be unwise. Another negative view of merger has just appeared in the Harvard Bulletin. The effect of these articles is to hamper just that thorough discussion that the new faculty committee was set up to insure...
Harvard has always refused the team's requests, and has argued that the Patriots' use of the stadium would hamper Harvard's athletic program, produce trafficproblems and other irritations for Stadium neighbors, and slow down efforts to build a new stadium for the team...