Word: obstruction
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...direst warning a British statesman could give. Führer Hitler and his coterie obviously did not believe a word of it, and there were even non-Nazis who shared the Führer's skepticism. It was all very well to talk of determination to obstruct "aggression," "attack." "force," "domination" and such like, but why should British (and French) statesmen be so skittish in mentioning the simple word Danzig? Not one did. Even so, the parade of British orators giving Germany advice last week was impressive...
...windshield wiper which is designed to: 1) keep ice off the glass, and 2) scrub it dry in the heaviest rainstorm. Trick of the device is a rubber, motor-driven blade, pivoted on an axle through the windshield. It revolves so fast (2,500 r.p.m.) that it does not obstruct vision, scrubs glass many times faster than a slow-moving automobile wiper. To help it rub away ice, a melting mixture of glycerin and alcohol is fed through holes in the blade to the outer surface of the windshield. Retail cost, installed in a Douglas...
...material situation in Turkestan may remain unexplored and the forest laws of medieval England may lie forgotten beneath the silt of centuries while the student who would burrow for such knowledge is balked by the carelessness of other Widener patrons. No longer should the four week privilege obstruct the channels of knowledge...
...should seek out influential men throughout the Reich, plead the cause of the Church with them and ask them to bring about the unification of the ideals of the Church and the ideals of the State. Freedom of thought still exists and nothing can obstruct the aims of the State more than these attacks on Christianity...
...blindness due to birth infections [TIME, March 22]. The instance cited is as irrelevant to the prevention of blindness in infants as is the popularity of the artist or the names of prominent people whom he has painted. It is important only as it is misleading and might obstruct essential health measures...