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...unwavering media presence has prompted Moose - and the country at large - to ask some tough questions about the role of the press in an investigation like this. Do the media hinder police efforts to locate a perpetrator, as Moose seems to believe? Or, as others attest, can regular media reports actually help flush out a criminal...
...afraid they won’t find one under this leadership. On the other hand, if they hope to see a council that attempts to challenge itself with revolutionary, innovative and, at times rebellious projects, then it seems that their mean-spirited and condescending editorializing will only hinder such efforts, undercutting the council’s goal of maximizing its effectiveness in lobbying the administration for change and improvement. The Undergraduate Council is tackling bigger and bolder initiatives; setting higher standards for ourselves; and witnessing greater success. Obviously such progress will be accompanied by disappointments and will face difficult hurdles...
...think it’s problematic that students have been unable to vote,” Sheila R. Adams ’05, a candidate in Eliot House, said yesterday. “It may hinder the voter turnout a bit, which is never a good thing...
...speed and knowledge. What the Pentagon calls "urban canyons" offers hideouts for foes and civilians as well as sniper nests and underground lairs from which combatants can strike. Buildings create vast "dead spaces" for an enemy to exploit out of the sight of those trying to kill Saddam. They hinder communication and hamper anything flying low, like helicopters, spy drones and warplanes assisting forces on the ground. In cities, mobility and maneuver--two tenets of U.S. ground-combat strategy--hit a dead...
Murphy said she believes the new procedural step will hinder truthful, not false, allegations of sexual assault from being investigated...