Word: hampered
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...measure's sponsors are now pushing for formal hearings, and while chances for passage in the House look good, the outcome in the Senate is uncertain. Though the resolution is purely symbolic, its passage would surely embarrass, if not hamper, the Administration in any arms-control negotiations. Meanwhile, as Administration hawks scramble to defuse the measure, a grassroots campaign against doomsday weapons picked up more support last week. Maine's legislature became the eighth to request a moratorium on the spread of nuclear arms...
Some believe the election quick raises questions about the legitimacy of the mandate given to the new Undergraduate Council, and say the vote could hamper the group's initial effectiveness Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III said yesterday resentment on the part of some students who had voted "no" could carry over to next fall when the new government's first elections will take place...
...said yesterday that a shortage of construction and operating funds as well as concern selling art from the Fogg's collection to help finance the extension would be controversial enough to hamper the Fogg's efforts to find a new director were factors in his decision...
What angers U.S. and European officials is not the marketing prowess of Japanese exporters, but the complex regulations that hamper foreign businessmen in Japan. Examples abound. An American maker of aluminum baseball bats was developing a good market for his product until the Japanese softball association ruled that his bats could not be used in tournament play. Reason: the label stamped on them supposedly made them defective. Companies selling products in aerosol spray cans complain that their cans must be 25% thicker in Japan than anywhere else in the world. Moreover, the outfit that inspects the incoming aerosol products...
...rousing sight in home video is the between-innings sequence of Intellivision's Baseball, in which, to the sound of cheers, one team trots in to the bench and the other sprints out to the field. The game soon becomes tedious, however, partly because of awkward hand controls (which hamper a good skiing cartridge) and partly because not enough of baseball's delightful complications are programmed in. It is not possible to catch a fly ball. A Poker and Blackjack cassette is fun to see once, but poor in concept, since neither game works unless money is at stake. Intellivision...