Word: logjammed
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...companies whose bottom line depends on moving goods on schedule, the situation has become dire. UPS, the huge parcel service, was recently forced to shift some shipments to trucks. Dow Chemical, which supplies, among other things, chlorine for water utilities, suspended operations at a Michigan plant until the distribution logjam clears. Passenger trains are affected too. Amtrak's Sunset Limited, which makes a thrice-weekly run from Orlando, Fla., to Los Angeles, has yet to arrive on time this year, rolling in as much as 40 hours late. Amtrak had to fly one near mutinous trainload of passengers to their...
...Commission President to replace Romano Prodi, whose term ends in October. Blair and the heads of at least six other countries shot down the candidacy of their Belgian counterpart, Guy Verhofstadt, an outspoken opponent of the war in Iraq and an ardent European federalist. They may still break this logjam in the next few weeks. Meanwhile, there is something in this constitution for both camps. The federalists got clearer rules and roles for the Brussels institutions, but there's also a new provision allowing national parliaments to send E.U. legislation back to Brussels for review. Despite the ambiguous outcome...
...been very hard, but I’ve broken some of that logjam,” he said...
...Crimson made a concerted effort as shots were released to dominate positions that provided unfettered access to Howard, ensuring there would be a logjam in front at every opportunity. Relatively small compared to Harvard, Maine could do little to help its goaltender once a skater was placed in the box, so the Black Bears made the one adjustment they could: They stopped committing penalties...
Walsh remembers Berkman as “a first base/DH type”—a typecast usually reserved for slow, big men who logjam the minor leagues—when he coached him that summer. In 2002, his second year as a full-time player, Berkman was starting in centerfield at Houston’s Minute Maid Park...