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Word: hindered (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...would enable Iran to make up in 25 years the backwardness of centuries, I realized that success would be possible only by mobilizing all its resources ... If a country is to be mobilized, it has to be driven, and, while it sets to work, defended against those who would hinder the process. To leave saboteurs to operate in freedom would certainly not have permitted realization of this program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Thrown Out Like a Dead Mouse | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

Given the tense state of the world, there is much to be gained simply by the pursuit of ecumenism, however long the road may eventually be. Before his trip to Turkey, John Paul told Catholic ecumenists from 59 nations that Christian divisions "impair the credibility of Christ himself and hinder the spread of the Gospel. He has also insisted that Christians must act together, not merely striving for doctrinal harmony but bearing joint witness in defense of human rights, the pursuit of social justice and peace, and on questions of public morality. "The moral life and the life of faith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Toward the Tomorrow of God | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...pains during periods of inactivity and who had varying degrees of atherosclerosis. He found that their chest pains were due to spasm. Said he: "Atherosclerotic narrowing of the vessels is the bystander rather than the culprit of angina in such patients." But, experts agree, a spasm that might merely hinder the flow of blood in a healthy artery could completely block it in one already partly narrowed by fatty deposits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Big Squeeze | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

Frederikson said that administering the new tests will increase the students' fee for MCATs at least $50 and could hinder their eventual adoption by medical school admission authorities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ETS Developing New MCATs That Measure Practical Skills | 10/3/1979 | See Source »

...should go even further and require ETS to make available any ETS data that would allow outside individuals to evaluate the tests. But as it stands, the law is a big step forward, which ETS and the various College Boards should not hinder with limited testing, higher prices or boycotts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Testing the Test | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

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