Word: hamper
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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These prejudices effectively "reduce upward mobility opportunies, hamper mastery and growth in job tasks, and undermine confidence and social standing for women and minorities in the workplace," Rowe said...
Despite the gains of the last decade, there are serious problems facing American businesses today which may hamper them in the years to come. Whether they should be addressed with the full-blown "industrial policy" Tsongas advocates or not is another question. But at least he's off and running...
...Saddam repeated everything about Kuwait that we had heard earlier from Aziz, Belousov and I raised the question about our specialists. He responded instantly and definitely: All who wished could leave, but in the next two months the quota would be limited to 1,000, so as not to hamper work or halt the projects...
...administration's own intelligence sources, the economic embargo is begining to bite. Although economic sanctions have been historically less successful than some imagine, the unprecedented, near-universal international support for the current embargo might help it succeed where others failed. Even if economic distress cannot unseat Saddam, it can hamper his ability to wage war. The sustenance of the Iraqi population and the readiness of its fighting forces decline with each day they go without supplies from abroad. Four out of the last five Secretaries of Defense and the last chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff urge waiting...
...cannon, that are too intricate to describe -- must be calculated a dozen moves in advance if a player is to peg out for a finish against a single stake in the center of the lawn. It helps to have a sadistic streak since it is as important to hamper an opponent with a difficult "leave" as it is to advance one's own game...