Word: hindered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that the artist has ceded to the architect. That is to say, Metheny has selflessly concealed his artistic biases to create a non-intrusive score for a film and not a masterpiece in and of itself. Still, it's quite possible to say that Metheny's work would not hinder the film nor offer it a crutch in times of despair. If A Map of the World succeeds, it will be more on its merits as a film...
...Incirlik began last Dec. 28 following a four-day U.S. bombing campaign designed to hinder Saddam's efforts to build atomic, biological and chemical weapons. Since then, according to Pentagon reports, American pilots have flown close to 12,000 missions, dropped some 1,200 bombs on nearly 300 targets and destroyed 139 anti-air artillery guns, 28 radars, 13 mobile surface-to-air missile launchers and 22 command sites--all without a single scratch on American property. For the most part, the Iraqis lie low and launch a flurry of flak, hoping to down a warplane and deliver a live...
Still, some question whether SSI's high turnover rate will hinder security efforts...
WALK BY Attention, parents: baby walkers--those wheeled contraptions used to prop up infants--may hinder your child's development. Data on 109 babies suggest that tots who scoot around in them are slower to sit upright, crawl and walk--and score lower on mental tests. Why? The walkers' large trays prevent infants from seeing their legs move, depriving them of feedback about how their bodies operate. They also keep them from grabbing--and learning about--things around them. That's the theory, anyway...
Rational choice, for example, showed that those who would be affected by government regulations would be the only parties likely to try to influence the legislation. And so, counter-intuitively, such regulations often help rather than hinder the industries they are intended to control...