Word: hindering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...There is almost everything to help a student go wrong," the report declares, "and almost nothing to hinder him or her from going wrong. There are none of us who pose for moral reformers. There are none of us who are looking for the evil side of life, but enough has come to our attention to make us feel that some effort should be made to give the student as much encouragement to do right as to do wrong...
...days of steady, drizzling rain have done much to hinder Coach Roper's charges in their concentrated practice for the opening game of the season on next Saturday against Amherst. Long blackboard talks and several hours drill in signals have occupied the greater part of practice sessions this week, together with short periods of work on the muddy surface of University Field under the eyes of Keene Fitzpatrick, the veteran Tiger trainer, each afternoon...
...Rebels retreating from the State of Sao Paulo smashed water tanks to hinder pursuit...
Despite the gorgeous capitalist disguise of Comrade Karakhan, he was an Ambassador without an Embassy. The Diplomatic Corps at Peking is composed entirely of Ministers, none of whom relish giving presence to a Bolshevik Ambassador, and they have done much to hinder the Chinese Government from handing over the old Russian Legation. But, through the reported efforts of Dr. Jacob Sohurman, U. S. Minister to China, they were expected to acquiesce in handing over the ex-Russian Legation to Comrade Karakhan...
...Eaton then told the reporter of the difficulties under which primary and secondary school education is conducted. "There is a tacit understanding that nothing shall be done to hinder the absolute liberty of young peoples' morals. The same arguments are advanced for the laxity of the discipline in the schools as those propounded recently by the Turks, advocating the restoration of polygamy...