Word: obstructs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Government investigations. Moreover, while several of Cohn's companies lost money, his own wealth grew to an estimated $2,000,000. Then came last week's federal grand jury indictment, accusing Cohn and another attorney, Murray Gottesman, of perjury, conspiracy to commit perjury, and conspiracy to obstruct justice...
...that had just been through two disputatious election campaigns. All of the proposals were accepted in a three-way agreement made last month by Peru's two opposition parties, which together control Congress, and Belaunde's own coalition. The opposition did not want to seem eager to obstruct such obviously admirable aims...
...deliver on that promise. But Wallace's fighting spirit had pretty well drained away. Alabama was sick of racial violence; the state's most influential citizens put heavy pressure on Wallace, urging him not to cause trouble. Moreover, Federal Judge Seybourn Lynne had ordered Wallace not to obstruct the Negro students. The judge privately warned Wallace's lawyers that if he disobeyed the order he would face a prison term...
...want to state categorically that neither Tishman Realty nor I as an officer have at this time or have at any time in the past any negotiations for property in Cambridge. Certainly I as an alumnus would never consider doing anything that might interfere or obstruct the development plans of Harvard...
There is a third misconception currently being heard, which owes its popularity to the skillful presentation of Louis Halle. In a recent issue of the New Republic, Professor Halle wrote that de Gaulle "has known how to use the power to obstruct, which is the only power available to hose who lack what is required for leadership. ... He sits supreme in the Elysee Palace and exerts his power by saying...