Word: hamstrung
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...also saw the well-meaning but ineffectual Shah of Iran hissed by his subjects and hamstrung by the wizened old weeper Mossadegh, who had done his best (or well-intended worst) to bring the whole world to a standstill in 1951. It saw Elizabeth herself succeed to a throne long since shorn of its last vestige of political power, to reign over a Commonwealth whose only union was in tradition and assent...
...independent social programming board has been charged with planning events that we hope will be widely attended and appreciated by Harvard undergraduates, we believe its position on campus will be greatly strengthened if it also serves as a facilitator of grass-roots social programming projects. With CLC largely hamstrung over the past year, the efforts of coalitions of students to keep events coming through the pipeline have been noteworthy. The success of events such as the Junior High Dance (planned by the Junior Class Commission) justifies improved resources for individuals or small groups planning social functions, and we hope that...
...Harvard should also be prepared to collaborate with existing women’s social organizations on campus—such as the Seneca, the Bee, Isis, and the three sororities—that have already proved successful women’s communities. These groups, for the most part hamstrung by a lack of space and resources, should be encouraged to work with the women’s center and help plan social programming that might stem from it. Well-backed male institutions do not need Harvard’s help to exist and exert influence. Meanwhile, their female counterparts struggle...
...Palestinian suicide bombings has largely dissipated from Israeli life, and Israel's economy emerged from a long slump to become one of the fastest growing in the developed world. Prosperity and the success of the Gaza pullout boosted Sharon's political confidence. When the angry right of Likud hamstrung his government after the Gaza evacuation, he asked Israeli President Moshe Katsav to dissolve the parliament and call for early elections to be held this March. Then he took an even bolder gamble: he bolted the Likud Party and built a new one, Kadima, (forward in Hebrew) on center ground. Sharon...
...that makes it illegal to provide "material support" to designated terrorist groups; they would have to prove that al-Arian knowingly funded Islamic Jihad terrorist activities. Jurors told reporters after last week's verdict that the feds simply didn't get that done. But the government was also hamstrung by the fact that most of its evidence focused on al-Arian's activities before the U.S. branded Islamic Jihad a terrorist group in 1995. Al-Arian's associates say the earlier time was a politically hot-headed period for al-Arian, which he disavows today...