Word: obstructionism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
He demanded that the nations of the world unite in a coalition against Soviet obstruction.
The Philosopher. As the 80th Congress begins its critical two years, one thing is certain: the popular estimation of Robert Alphonso Taft is in for a change. In the days of Democratic power, his objections were termed obstruction. His political philosophy was termed reaction. But in other lights than the...
Uphill Fight. Later in the war Zacharias was called back to Washington as second in command of the Office of Naval Intelligence, under Rear Admiral Harold C. Train ("who had never had one day's experience in intelligence work"). It was an "uphill fight . . . against obstruction and inertia." Then...
The chief obstruction, he said, is a dearth of what he called "central office facilities," which means the apparatus at the branch office used to make the connections between incoming and outgoing calls. Owing to this shortage, the Company has had to keep at least 4200 Cambridge residents on its...
Thus the Russians, after a year of incessant obstruction, were finally ready to cooperate, even though a unified Germany would mean a setback for Communism. In Berlin's Allied Control Council, the U.S. and Russia last week started "informal" discussions about raising the level of German industrial output.