Word: hampered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...libel case against Hustler. Now working for Bakker, Grutman declared that an unnamed evangelist had mounted an unfriendly "takeover" bid for PTL and threatened that if this preacher did not back off, "we're going to be compelled to show that there is smellier laundry in his hamper than the laundry he thought was in Rev. Bakker's." A mysterious allusion to people living in "glass churches" suggested that Grutman was slyly fingering Televangelist Robert Schuller of Garden Grove, Calif., and Crystal Cathedral fame. Grutman eventually confirmed that the mysterious plotter was not Schuller but Jimmy Swaggart...
...said that while the case attracted nationalattention, he did not think it would hamper theUniversity's ability to attract minorities forfuture classes...
...decline at an orderly pace. Said Feldstein: "I think we can get there without a shock." But even if it happens smoothly, the necessary further decline of 20% to 30% in the dollar will be bitter medicine for U.S. consumers. By making imports more expensive, ! the weak dollar will hamper the growth in the standard of living. "There's no question we will be poorer as a nation because of this, or rather we will get richer more slowly," said Feldstein. The trade-off is that even if Americans have to buy fewer Japanese videocassette recorders and German BMWs...
Harvard will need all its guns to shoot down the Bears, but injuries will hamper some of the Crimson's best marksmen. Quarterback Tom Yohe (pulled groin) is questionable today, while tight end Jim Morris (separated shoulder) and offensive guard Hal Watson (ankle injury) will probably miss the contest...
Neither the Soviet nor the U.S. officials indicated that a Soviet order on Sunday expelling five American diplomats from the Soviet Union would hamper arms control talks...