Word: obstructiveness
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...charter, the Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities, is vaguely worded, specifying only that students can be brought up for discipline if they "obstruct the normal processes of the University." The resolution does not hold University officers to the same standard of conduct as it does students; therefore the origins of the student slogan "You're right and we're responsible...
...while the descriptive, interview-laden method is the book's strongest point, Howe's handling of it frequently detracts from the point she is trying to make. Letting the women speak for themselves is admirable; getting caught up in their personal lives to the extent that their stories obstruct analysis verges on bathos. Howe's descriptions come perilously close to true confessions--and this tendency becomes an overly heavy counterweight to abstract statistics. Her opening and closing chapters raise questions about the societal foundations underlying women's place in the labor fore, and the in-depth vignettes on each occupation...
...with President Ford in the White House early this week, Carter said he also hopes to talk with a number of ranking Republican Congressmen. "I'm bitterly opposed to" that," protested O'Neill. "I think that's a terrible mistake. All the Republicans have done is obstruct. They are our opposition. It's the worst thing you can do." Muskie agreed with Tip. But Carter would not yield entirely. Said he: "I'm interested in meeting with Rhodes, Anderson and Michel [respectively, the House minority leader, the head of the House Republican Conference...
Dual Drive. The two-wheel buzzers have their disadvantages. On very steep hills, the small motor may need help from foot power (two separate drive chains allow both forms of propulsion to work simultaneously). So as not to obstruct traffic, all states that permit mopeds ban the slow vehicles from freeways and major highways...
...blow. Pronouncing formal judgment for the first time on her husband's conduct in office, an appellate division of the New York State Supreme Court disbarred the former President from legal practice in that state. In a 4-to-l opinion, the tribunal found that Nixon had: 1) obstructed justice by impeding an FBI investigation into the Watergate burglary-bugging; 2) interfered with Daniel Ellsberg's legal defense against charges arising from his publication of the Pentagon Papers; 3) attempted to obstruct a Justice Department investigation into the burglary of the office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist, Lewis...