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Americans have stopped a President from a flagrant and clumsy attempt to obstruct an investigation against himself. "A President cannot command," Cox comments. "He can only persuade," But when opinion is the bound of his powers, he can still deceive. When another President contends our troops in Lebanon are at peace, so he can avoid the restraints of the War Powers Act; when he alludes to vague security threats in Grenada, but bars reporters and obstructs the public's critical vision of threat; when he distorts details and invents rationalizations for his policies, what effect can a firestorm have...
...unlike standard sprint racing, the Head does not send boats out in competition head-to-head (side-to-side, actually). Since the river is so narrow and several bridges obstruct the route, the boats start one after another at 10 to 15 second intervals. The results are determined by the clock, not by the order of finish. The boats are seeded, however, and spectators can determine the progress of the race by the relative positions of differently numbered boats. If, for example, boat number six is in second position as it passes Weeks Bridge then that crew has moved...
...They are hiding information because they want to obstruct the public's right to know because they don't want to have to operate under the rules that are set," says Rake member Liz Moore (Brown...
...each offense buoyed by its first tally of the game, action intensified on both ends of the field. Martin nearly gave Harvard a 2-1 edge when she pressed into the penalty circle 17:22 into the half. Kotler came out from between the posts just in time to obstruct Martin's attempted shot from eight yards out. The obstruction earned the Crimson a penalty corner, but Harvard failed to capitalize on it and never got that close to scoring again...
...Israeli investigation may or may not judge Begin and Sharon culpable to some degree. Since the two officials initially wished to obstruct such a proceeding, it would come as no surprise if they should try to prevent the details from surfacing. If indeed, as seems unavoidable, it turns out that either or both are guilty of misconduct in a matter this serious, then resignation stands as the only credible conclusion to this unfortunate episode in Israeli history...