Word: hinders
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...perform the thing that I have in mind. I have completely repressed all emotion; have learned to see myself in perspective, in true relationship with other men and the world. I have completely arrested the susceptibility to...give credence to...shallow unnecessary things...that lock the mind and hinder thinking...
Attitudes toward Attica are still so divided that it is uncertain whether this tragedy will help or hinder the cause of prison reform. James V. Bennett, the former director of the federal Bureau of Prisons, is one who thinks the uprising will "harden attitudes" against change. "That's the backlash," he says. "The public is going to believe that the uprising in and of itself was a manifestation of revolutionary protest." Oth ers say that Attica will inspire nothing more than an increase in the quantity (but not the quality) of prison guards...
...group circulating this year's rent control initiative petition has filed suit to prevent city officials from taking action "that tends to delay, hinder or obstruct the appearance of the rent control initiative on the ballot." Named specifically in the suit are the four Cambridge Election Commissioners, City Manager James Corcoran and Cronin...
...functioning from these interstitial positions are better able to define the kinds of changes that are needed. It depends on your temperament whether you want to be inside facing the frustration, but closer to the levers of power, or be outside and free of the institutional restraints which hinder effective reform...
...example, one American oilman, when asked if the war would hinder development of Vietnam's offshore oil, said, "Why should it? The supply can be done from Singapore if necessary." Once in production, offshore wells can feed tanker ships directly. The oil can be carried off without ever touching base with the mainland...