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...program of support for the NLF will seriously hamper the recruiting efforts needed to achieve this end. To bring one citizen around to backing immediate withdrawal on this basis--or to convince one already in favor of withdrawal to take action to show his support--will require convincing them that the NLF is a positive good deserving their wholehearted support...
Slippery weather would badly hamper the team work of the Tiger's passing, but would be an advantage for the Crimson, McKinley explained. "A wet ball would eliminate their strength for the most part, and would really help us because our forwards could grind the ball down the field because it would be slipping around in the scrum," he said...
...been in a state of truce with Israel," declared former President Camille Chamoun. "Today we are in a state of war." Premier Saeb Salam, who had long avoided a showdown with the guerrillas, laid down a set of 14 demands to Fedayeen Leader Yasser Arafat. Their purpose was to hamper any guerrilla movements and prevent further Israeli revenge...
Harvard might well appear dormant by comparison to 1968. Disinterest and confusion hamper the initial efforts of liberals trying to boost the campaign of Sen. George McGovern. (After all, the polls--which have assumed an absurdly prominent role in a Presidential year tainted by media overkill--show Massachusetts within President Nixon's reach...
...spate of regulations. Their purpose is understandable: to keep out the flood of homeless, speculative cash -much of it in irredeemable dollars -that can make a betting game out of currency values and disrupt nations' economies in the process. The growing danger is that the proliferating rules will hamper normal trade and investment as well...