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...event of a conventional war with Soviet forces occupying Europe, Halperin continued, cessation of American-European trade might hinder America's ability to retaliate if the United States, through trade agreements, had allowed itself to become dependent on European production...
...attempt was made to hinder distribution. One CRIMSON editor passed out 500 copies in 15 minutes...
Unlike other young guitarists with great technical facility, Diaz does not let the special effects confuse or hinder his expression. His phrasing is carefully planned, his rhythm strict but not pedantic, and his dynamics carefully tempered. Mr. Diaz interprets his music intellectually rather than emotionally, maintaining warmth with his tone quality and haunting sonorities...
Local veto power, Belin maintained, will cause "absolute chaos" in the State and "seriously hinder" the road program. "If every city and town in Massachusetts had veto power," Belin said, "highway construction would be impossible...
...little more than define papal infallibility before it broke up at the onset of the Franco-Prussian War. Thus, in its present battle against the secular world, the flesh and the devil, Roman Catholicism lumbers along on a centuries-old collection of codes, rites and practices, many of which hinder rather than help its missionary objectives in the modern world. Among the significant issues that the council must face...