Word: hinder
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...officials fear that Sharon's move, apparently meant to rejuvenate the peace process, may stall it. Although Palestinians last week celebrated the opening of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt--the first border post under Palestinian control--a Cabinet minister said he is worried that Israeli jockeying will hinder further progress: "Politicians will now be interested in playing internal Israeli games, rather than working for peace with the Palestinians...
...methods of ameliorating the effects of on-campus military recruitment on the school’s gay and lesbian population, leaders of a student group said yesterday.A committee of students will address the impact of the Solomon Amendment, which allows the Pentagon to bar federal funding to universities that hinder the military’s ability to recruit on campus.Jeffrey G. Paik ’03, co-president of Lambda—the Law School’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender student group—said the committee has the support of Dean Elena Kagan, who reversed course...
...while experts say that drug convictions, particularly at an early age, can seriously hinder efforts to advance in education or in a career, Harvard students are at a much lower risk of facing such long-term consequences...
...ethical question ultimately comes down to whether giveaways help or hinder the doctor-patient relationship. Antony says they help by making free samples available to patients and attracting doctors to educational forums. But if doctors get too cozy with marketers, the best drugs at the best prices may not ever reach the patients, according to Dee Mahan, deputy director of health policy at Families USA, a national patient-advocacy group based in Washington. "You end up trusting [drug-company representatives]." Do you believe every salesperson you talk...
...believes to the point where, when he talks about it, his eyes get a little bluer-that for the presidency to operate properly, it needs to be able to have confidential communications," Libby said. The question now is whether some of Libby's own confidential communications will in fact hinder the presidency it was meant to help...