Word: hampered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...week there occurred multiple revelations that tended to substantiate many of those charges, so often denied by high Administration officials. More revelations are certain to follow. The net impression was one of a Government that figures that the end justifies the means, that tries to hide its transgressions and hamper its own lesser officials charged with seeking the truth. The President's closest legal adviser has even been accused of lying to the FBI. There is an aura of disconcerting chumminess between Nixon officials and corporate executives seeking favors or suspected of violating federal laws...
Helwig said that the Design Review Board's lack of actual power might hamper its effectiveness, but he said he hoped the Board of Zoning Appeals would look favorably on its recommendations...
...circulated. We reject Kyle's attempt as we will reject all such attempts in the future, no matter from what quarter they are issued. The Crimson will continue to report and comment on the affairs of this community, and we will continue to treat with disdain those who would hamper our efforts...
...combat inflation is, of course, to raise the productivity of both labor and capital. However, the structure of European industry and the difficulty of shedding unwanted labor hamper this policy in many countries. France, for example, still has a host of small, undercapitalized companies. Out of 908,000 firms only 37 employ more than 5,000 people, and only 140 more than 2,000. The figures suggest that the country has a long way to go before it realizes optimum economies of scale...
...cast is superb. The two parents, Nagg (Tom Costello) and Nell (Saskia Noordhoek Hegt), are like moths whose wings have iced. They flutter feebly, not in the text's ash bins, but in a laundry hamper and a G.E. refrigerator carton. Their crippled son Hamm (Gerry Bamman) treats the universe as a sorry joke, his servant Clov (Larry Pine) as a straight man, and his fate as a glorious chance to play M.C. in death's cabaret...