Word: obstruction
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hanrahan was originally slated as the organization's choice, but was dumped after he was indicted for conspiracy to obstruct justice in connection with a police raid in which two Black Panthers were killed...
Higgins's mask is lightweight and ventilated but does not obstruct a goalie's vision. Because of these advantages, over 12 NHL netminders, including Boston's Ed Johnston and Gerry Cheevers, have chosen his design...
...feminism is lesbianism" and that it is only when women do not rely upon men to fulfill their sexual needs that they are finally free of masculine control. On this plane, the reproductive imperative of sexuality is defied; to refuse all association with men is to allow dogma to obstruct any possibility of pragmatic reform...
With the casting battles behind him, Coppola found other problems on the set. Some members of his crew, openly unimpressed with his direction after the first few days, began plotting to get him fired. His cinematographer seemed to obstruct more than help. "I'd tell the guy how I wanted to shoot the scene," says Coppola, "and he'd say, 'Oh, that's dumb.'" Evans decided after three weeks that Coppola was near a nervous breakdown and never knew whether the director would show up the following day. But Coppola...
...Chicago, a special grand jury set out to discover what really happened in the police shooting of Black Panther Leader Fred Hampton. After listening to no fewer than 41 witnesses, it eventually charged Cook County State's Attorney Edward Hanrahan with conspiring to obstruct justice by covering up for the police (TIME, Sept. 6). Hanrahan, who presumably enjoyed the acquiescence of past grand juries, is now attacking the indictment on the ground that the special prosecutor exerted undue influence on the jurors...