Word: obstructiveness
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...realization that far from being a frontier-oriented problem-solving nation, America has become a nation which eschews practice for theory. This trend in graduate schools away from classroom experience--as well as the persistence of state legislatures and teachers' unions in making entry into the profession difficult--obstruct the kind of micro-reform that could be going on on a much broader level...
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...