Word: hinderance
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Next day the Council of the League of Nations sent to Lima the sort of cablegram it itches to send to Tokyo but dares not. Peru was commanded by the Council "to refrain from any intervention by force on Colombian territory and . . . not hinder the Colombian authorities from the exercise of full sovereignty and jurisdiction in territory recognized by treaty to belong to Colombia...
...Perfect. . . ." (See front cover) The spirit of the Japanese nation is, by its nature, a thing that must be propagated over the seven seas and extended over the five continents. Anything that may hinder it must be abolished, even by force. ARAKI...
...occasion when a man fell to his death outside his office window, he did not bother to open his window and look out. But Artist Bennett finally revolted, finding that "to edit a lady's paper, even a relatively advanced one, is to foster conventionality and hinder progress regularly once a week." As a lesser evil he chose to earn money by writing sensational fiction, with serious work on the side. In 1899 he was able to chalk up, as he did at the end of every year, his grand total of words written-335,340 for that year...
...That's just exactly what Col. Lindbergh would tell him!'' Preacher Dobson-Peacock exploded. "That man Shootskoff, or whatever his name is, has tried to hinder us from the outset. He and his men attempted to prevent us from seeing Col. Lindbergh when we drove to Hopewell and his men trailed us all the way back to Norfolk. Since then we feel that we have been under constant surveillance. In order to carry on negotiations with the kidnappers we have been forced to dodge and double on our trails like common criminals...
While adherence to the old regulations will probably hinder the smooth working of the Harvard attack, it should provide valuable experience in the Canadian style of game which the Crimson must adopt in future games with Queens and McGill which take place at Syracuse during the Christmas holidays...