Word: obstruct
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...effort to help a courageous Harvard man living in Birmingham achieve an important goal, I decided to consider sending simply seven singers. So I went to Mr. Epps to explain the dilemma. Mr. Epps said he understood this, objected to my decision on principle but would not obstruct it. And indeed he didn't. The next morning the whole Club had an exchange of song at Miles College. The Birmingham concert that night was well-attended and the reception that followed was memorable for the numbers that were participating and the spirit that was in the air as informal singing...
...firms worth some $70 million-from textiles to beer. The remaining decrees promised 1) compensation to owners over a 15-year period at 3% interest (most unlikely in a country that has had 15 government reshuffles in 18 years), and 2) life imprisonment or death to anyone attempting to "obstruct" the operation...
...them to follow the traditions of schools that have long allowed a wide range of undergraduate freedom. Mainly, such traditions consist of written and unwritten curbs that preserve the good name of the university, fix orderly procedures (booking halls for speakers, for example), and most important, do not obstruct the basic purpose of the university-providing an education...
...Radcliffe Grounds crew will begin Monday to seize all bicycles in the Quad area which are not parked in the racks. Ralph B. Gates, head of Radcliffe Buildings and Grounds, said that bikes left on walks, driveways and in shrubberies obstruct entrance to buildings...
...cared little for politics or the Washington whirl, even to the point of skipping her husband's annual apple-orchard picnics, but refused to let her desire for his retirement stand in his way, graciously announcing before the 1958 elections that "I do not believe my hopes should obstruct the judgment of those better informed who believe he can render valuable public service"; of a heart attack; in Berryville...