Word: hampers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...done an effective job of promoting U.S. exports; but in an era when international economic relations are increasingly fraught with political significance, Ex-Im's leaders hardly hope to avoid closer congressional scrutiny of their policies. Restrictions that would weaken the bank's competitiveness, though, could hamper America's trade drive...
Davis' aristocratic background could hamper his political ambitions. "When you come from a middle-class bag, it's not easy to convince the masses that you're an allright dude," he admits. Sometimes he must choose between black solidarity and his own best judgment. Example: the county Democratic committee "had to endorse a black for the county commission even though there was a Jewish fellow who was the better candidate. If we blacks on the commission had taken the stump for the Jewish fellow, we would have been vilified as Uncle Toms...
...Peru moved in to begin keeping peace as Syrian and Israeli forces started pulling back from the cease-fire line. Syrians cheered as Israeli units prepared to pull out of Quneitra, only to discover the retreating troops were leveling the remaining buildings hi the bombed-out city to hamper reoccupation. The speedy pace of the withdrawal had been set in Geneva, where Syrian and Israeli officers completed their technical agreements on cease-fire lines and the thin-out of forces in four days instead of the five allotted under cease-fire terms. "They were not as jolly as the Egyptians...
...plan met opposition both from students and departments of the GSAS. Students said that the Kraus plan--which only funded to within $1000 of need--did not provide enough support. Department heads said that dropping merit scholarships would severely hamper them in their search for quality students...
...York State's Urban Development Corp. has suffered too. A quasi-public organization, it was formed in 1968 by the state legislature mainly to build low-and moderate-income housing-fast. The UDC was given unprecedented powers to "override" all the local zoning ordinances and construction codes that hamper building. After launching new towns in the country and apartment projects in cities, the UDC turned to the New York City suburbs, asking nine middle-income commuting communities to accept some 900 units of such housing. Citizens' groups in the towns immediately balked, saying that the UDC should...