Word: hinders
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...took the body enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase and studied it in the test tube. Normally, this enzyme breaks down alcohol in the body to acetaldehyde, which another enzyme in turn breaks down to acetic acid. In their experiments at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, the researchers learned that barbiturates hinder the first breakdown process and leave a lot of alcohol in the system. And alcohol has a severe depressing effect on some primitive nerves, including the vital center that regulates breathing. While different barbiturates showed varying degrees of interference, all upset the normal metabolic process to some extent...
Though continued snow could hinder speedy travel, homeward bound students will not be impeded by either of two serious transport strikes which recently threatened the nation...
...control on trade does not decrease the military stature of the Soviet Union and its satellites. It is ridiculous to assume that trade restrictions will hinder development of Soviet military power. Since we are only hurting ourselves, and not the Communists, with our existing trade policies, why not increase trade with Communist countries...
...neutral. Eisenhower and Nixon have repeatedly denied any anti-Goldwater bias and have promised not to interfere, at least for the present. Former Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall, who could give powerful aid to a moderate coalition because of his popularity among party workers, reportedly will do nothing to hinder the Senator's campaign...
...railroads, acting jointly, have announced their intention of revising the work rules and the wage-base formula that the unions won over the course of generations. The old rules and formulas, largely antiquated by technological changes, hinder them with additional and unnecessary costs of $600 million a year, the railroads claim. Under the work rules that foster featherbedding, many thousands of railroad workers do little or no necessary work...