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...would also dissolve the Export-Import Bank, which helps finance foreign trade by U.S. corporations. The Administration wants the private financial community, not the taxpayer, to help companies like General Electric, Bechtel Group and Westinghouse finance their sales abroad. The ^ financial community contends that the end of ExportImport would hamper international traders who are struggling against a strong dollar, subsidized foreign competition, and a growing U.S. trade deficit...
...repercussions of the victory have jolted handgun control activists into the daring shift toward local politics, a change that may save their cause. It is, however, not without its problems. At best, the Coalition's campaign for local legislation will mean fewer handgun-related killings; at worst, it will hamper the Coalition's national strategy and delay further the resolution of the issue by providing a target for what has proven to be a lethal sting--the counterattack of the NRA and other pro-gun groups...
...that belong to Congress, the Executive Branch and to the states." A Roman Catholic, Scalia is personally opposed to abortion. Both Scalia, who taught at the University of Chicago, and Bork, who went there as a student, are influenced by the "Chicago School" view that the Government should not hamper the free market...
...Florida circuit court judge last week barred the release of an autopsy report, claiming that press coverage would hamper the criminal investigation under way to find the supplier of the 1.3 grams of cocaine found in David's room. Kennedy, had a history of drug and alcohol abuse, and initial tests found traces of cocaine and the prescription painkiller Demerol in his body. If David died of a drug overdose, under Florida law the person who sold him the cocaine can be charged with murder. Although withholding autopsy details is standard procedure in any homicide investigation, three Florida newspaper...
...Newsweek on Campus generalizations illustrate the general folly of attempting to narrowly categorize entire ethnic groups. Just as the pernicious stereotypes of the past shackled blacks and women, precluding them from full participation in society, so do the stereotypes fostered by articles such as those in Newsweek on Campus hamper Asian-American advancement...