Word: obstructiveness
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...them to follow the traditions of schools that have long allowed a wide range of undergraduate freedom. Mainly, such traditions consist of written and unwritten curbs that preserve the good name of the university, fix orderly procedures (booking halls for speakers, for example), and most important, do not obstruct the basic purpose of the university-providing an education...
...Radcliffe Grounds crew will begin Monday to seize all bicycles in the Quad area which are not parked in the racks. Ralph B. Gates, head of Radcliffe Buildings and Grounds, said that bikes left on walks, driveways and in shrubberies obstruct entrance to buildings...
...cared little for politics or the Washington whirl, even to the point of skipping her husband's annual apple-orchard picnics, but refused to let her desire for his retirement stand in his way, graciously announcing before the 1958 elections that "I do not believe my hopes should obstruct the judgment of those better informed who believe he can render valuable public service"; of a heart attack; in Berryville...
Kennedy explained that "emotional obstacles" often obstruct dialogue between law professors and law prosecutors. He expressed the hope that the new office would alleviate that problem...
...customary injustices and Dickensian practices in law against individuals, seamen, railroad workers, union members, pedestrians, motorists, and those belonging to minority groups and unpopular causes." Craig himself had acted "willfully and wantonly and maliciously and viciously and with ill will and in spite and in an attempt to obstruct justice and deter the orderly administration...