Word: obstructing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Cambridge police have already begun to enforce their warning of December 10, which threatened the towing away of all cars which obstruct the clearing of snow from the streets. Although several automobiles have been removed from curbs around the Square in the last three weeks, the second part of the city ordinance has not yet been so scrupulously observed...
...Herald, Labor's champion, found an excuse for its behavior: "Any Government which regards Parliament as a working machine and not as a mere talking shop must clearly insure . . . thai, the necessary business must go through. Otherwise it would be possible for any disgruntled minority in Parliament to obstruct indefinitely the will of the majority. And that would be the negation of democratic government." Perhaps the Daily Herald had forgotten that Labor's parliamentary majority was elected by less than 50% of Britain's voters...
...reasonably be granted we should make every effort to see that they are granted. We can then watch Russia's actions. If she exhibits a spirit of goodwill and co-operation, well and good. We can look forward to a fear free future. If, however, Moscow continues to agitate, obstruct, and demand we can expect the worst, knowing, at least, that we shall not be caught unprepared...
...Chiang Kai-shek's demand that the Communists "withdraw from areas where they threaten peace and obstruct communications," the Yenan Communist radio retorted: "What Chiang means, in a nutshell, is 'Countrymen, prepare for slaughter; it is all for your own good.'" The Communist answer: a "mobilization" call (for an army of 1,000,000 regulars, 2,000,000 guerrillas) and announcement of a "provisional supreme administration for democratic [Communist] Manchuria...
...approved by the House and long dormant in committee, was suddenly brought before the Senate one day last week and swiftly passed without debate or record vote. The bill provides fines up to $10,000 and prison terms up to 20 years for labor union representatives or others who obstruct interstate commerce by robbery or extortion. (Labor regards it as restrictive of legitimate union activities.) An identical provision had been in the vetoed Case Bill...