Word: hindered
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...real fans are indeed a curious bunch. H. L. Gold, the editor of Galaxy--he describes himself as one of the few objective people in the field--talks about them like this: "All of them are to be avoided. They hinder more than they help. They're non-judicious, non-objective screwballs. They can't see any other point of view." Gold admits that he personally has viewpoints. "But I'm not dogmatic about them," he adds...
...bomb, the world has lived in an increasing fear of the devastation which could result from an atomic war or the hazards introduced by testing programs. America is in a position to take the first step away from this age of uneasiness. Considerations arising from fear, which appear to hinder the United States, are trivial in comparison with the contribution which this country can and should make towards a peaceful world...
Some businessmen realize that their failure to be counted at campaign time tends to hinder business' role of leadership in U.S. society. They recognize the fact that, despite the enormous impact of business on the welfare of 168 million Americans, its legitimate interests have never in modern times been treated with the sympathy that politicians reserve for farmers or organized labor. Even many politicians favorably inclined toward the businessman's interests are reluctant to speak...
...nurtured three years ago when she was a clerk in the accounting department of West Coast Airlines and met a sloe-eyed Iraqi student at the College of Puget Sound. Even the reservations of Helen's father, a retired Navy commander, were not strong enough to hinder the marriage, and with the blessings of both her parents, Helen became Mrs. Abdul...
...remain prisoners of habits and patterns formed in the past [which'] now hinder the deployment of new, wider and more active forms of struggle . . . We must put a stop to this . . . The Leninist combination of adherence to principle and elasticity in the pursuance of the foreign-policy line is the factor which ensures the success of our party in the solution of international tasks...