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...severe criticism at home for the lack of preparedness that led to heavy Israeli losses early in the war. Unless he can make a spectacular recovery in the Washington talks he may be forced to resign. If he does, the entire government may fall with him, putting a fresh roadblock in the way of ultimate settlement...
...women's groups apparently disagree, and right now they are a significant roadblock on Harvard's roadmap...
...stop only in Cairo." Egyptian officials attempted to stop the march-to no immediate avail. At the border, the Libyans destroyed benches and tables in the customs building, calling their vandalism "a symbolic action to remove the artificial boundaries between our two countries." They then bypassed a sizable roadblock at Mersa Matruh and ignored orders to halt...
...several ways to defuse Union support eventually. His positions on these and other issues were undoubtedly no more reactionary than the views adhered to by most of his colleagues in the Administration or the Faculty, but his talent at translating them into reality made him a more effective roadblock to progress...
When the President announced that "major new developments" had come to his attention, the muzzles were temporarily removed. But only four days after he told a nationwide television audience that he would prevent any attempt to impede justice, President Nixon threw up the biggest roadblock of all: executive privilege...