Word: hindered
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...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...
...lovely, flaccid Helen of Troy could be profitably refurbished by giving her pert ideas of her own in a modern novel, what is to hinder a ribby old cow from knowing a thing or two of the world's ways and expressing herself in song? The ribby old cow may be too old for milk. To be comprehensible to humans, she may have to make herself ridiculous, become a synthetic vaudeville kind of beast with humans installed fore & aft to walk, talk and sing for her. Even so, such a cow serves excellently to point the plot of Jack...
Speaking of the value of talking pictures as a supplement to lectures, W. H. Weston, Jr., Professor of Cryptogamie Botany and Chairman of the Department of Botany, said that lack of the desired type of films would hinder the frequent use of the machine for some years to come. Ordinary motion pictures will be shown almost exclusively for the present, pending the growth of a demand from colleges throughout the country sufficient to bring about the production of talks, for the study of academic subjects. There are, however, a few such films in existence and it is expected that these...
...Club on Wednesday evening at 6.30 o'clock in the Leverett House dining hall. In spite of the fact that difficulties are expected to arise in finding words to suit the modern table conditions. Dr. A. H. Chase '27, president of the club, believes that this will not greatly hinder the general table conversation...