Word: obstruct
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Kennedy explained that "emotional obstacles" often obstruct dialogue between law professors and law prosecutors. He expressed the hope that the new office would alleviate that problem...
...form of combat. About 100 of them brought up the rear of a procession as it made its way last week from Singapore's rambling old cricket field through the center of town, when a Chinese traffic cop ordered them to tighten their ranks so as not to obstruct traffic. A few of the Silat knocked him flat, and in an instant the rest of the Malay crowd reminded everyone that amok is a Malay word...
...customary injustices and Dickensian practices in law against individuals, seamen, railroad workers, union members, pedestrians, motorists, and those belonging to minority groups and unpopular causes." Craig himself had acted "willfully and wantonly and maliciously and viciously and with ill will and in spite and in an attempt to obstruct justice and deter the orderly administration...
Senator Clark contended that only if the organization and procedure of the Senate corresponded to the ideological and geographical composition of the Democratic majority would the Senate be able to enact President Kennedy's programs. The Senator was correct that an unreformed Senate would obstruct the President, and this will be more true for President Johnson, who is openly advocating a program of social legislation. Reform will make little difference in the Senate's treatment of his program, however...
...dock at the Old Bailey, but cool, green-suited Christine Keeler (130 Ibs.), and the quality of mercy was not strained. Noting that she had been "under pressure, under fear and under domination," Judge Sir Anthony Hawke sentenced Christine to nine months in jail for perjury and conspiracy to obstruct justice (maximum possible sentence for perjury alone: seven years...