Word: hamper
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...firm in 1941 to become assistant secretary of war under Roosevelt. As Allied forces began to move across Europe in 1944, Jewish leaders lobbied the War Department to bomb the railroad tracks leading to the Auschwitz concentration camp and the camp itself--a move that they believed would hamper the Nazi atrocities. It was to McCloy that Jewish leaders were told to address their petitions; McCloy answered that the bombing was not feasible...
...watching the house, he could be cleaning it. "As soon as we get an arm on him, vacuuming will be easy," says Bushnell. Eventually, he hopes, "BOB will be programmed to fetch things-get the paper, pick up after its master, put loose socks in the hamper and stray shoes in the closet...
...Imperial Wizard sought to strike an upbeat note. "This will not hamper our operations. It preserves our cash flow and freezes our obligation. We will pay all creditors 100% plus interest, and that includes the IRS," declared Wilkinson, whose wife Barbara, the Klan secretary, signed the documents. "But you won't find that bookkeeper around here anymore...
...nuclear weapons will be the multiple-warhead M-4 strategic missile, which is to be deployed on the new nuclear submarine L'Inflexible in 1985. "We want to stress our commitment to the nuclear deterrent," said a top government planner. But critics fear that the reductions will severely hamper France's conventional forces, unwisely limiting its military options. They are also concerned that the cuts will put France out of step with NATO'S recent emphasis on improving conventional weapons as a defense against Soviet attack. "We are in a different situation...
Certain sections of a highly complicated bill aimed at reducing the nation's unemployment problem could seriously hamper the ability of Harvard and other institutions across the country to recruit foreign students and faculty, several University officials said yesterday...