Word: hinder
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...said Miller, formerly Board of Regents chair of the University of Texas system. University President Lawrence H. Summers, currently in India, was not present at yesterday’s meeting. But three other presidents of Boston area universities said in their speeches to the commission that standardized testing would hinder educational innovation. Boston University President Robert A. Brown told the commission that a school’s own regulation of faculty expectations and grading policies, not a nationally administered test, is the appropriate way to assess educational quality. Tufts President Lawrence S. Bacow said in his speech that standardized testing...
Current car AIR INTAKE Since debris can sometimes get caught in the current car's grille and hinder airflow, the new car prevents overheating by drawing in air below the bumper DRIVER'S SEAT By shifting it 4 in. (10.2 cm) closer to the car's midline, the driver is more protected from impacts on his side WINDSHIELD It is built more upright to increase drag and slow...
...clinched the Crimson’s first Ivy title since 2000, but it came at a price: defenseman Brian McCafferty, forward Tyler Magura, and captain Peter Hafner were all helped off the ice with various injuries. Though Hafner’s stitches to the forehead won’t hinder him this weekend, coach Ted Donato ’91 could not comment on the rest of his locker room-turned-infirmary, which includes not only McCafferty and Magura but sophomore forward Mike Taylor, who went down with a leg injury three weeks ago at Brown...
...professors’ statements, which were circulated among the department by e-mail and obtained by The Crimson, raise the objection that a delay in concentration choice would hinder students’ ability to specialize in their fields of concentration. “This [plan] will not encourage students to do advanced work—the kind of excellent work that makes our graduates the best in the nation, gets them into top graduate schools and in a position to be choice targets in the competition for top jobs and to contribute to science and engineering immediately after graduation...
...took a trip to the sin bin for interference, giving Brown (3-14-5, 2-10-3) a chance to tie. Though the Bears were not able to convert on the ensuing power play opportunity, Hafner’s infraction was the precursor of several untimely penalties that would hinder the Crimson attack—especially the already ineffective man-advantage unit—and prevent Harvard from finding the back of the net for the remainder of regulation. “That was the frustrating part,” Donato said. “The optimist in me thinks...