Word: obstruction
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Xiaoping had recently acknowledged that China's "deep economic reform should be accompanied by corresponding political reform." But, surely, continued the editorial, the students did not want to re-create the "anarchism" of the Cultural Revolution, when young people were mobilized to foment widespread turmoil. Anyone who tried to "obstruct the progress of the reform," warned the People's Daily, "would eventually eat bitter fruit...
...abortions as part of private health insurance. So even for women who can afford health insurance, abortions could be made much more difficult to obtain. The measure would also empower the state to license and to regulate abortion clinics, creating an opportunity for anti-abortion activists to harrass and obstruct their operations...
...frequent traveler in the First and Third worlds, Theroux has undoubtedly seen excesses and disasters that have stimulated his imagination. His book's one flaw is that it is too observant. Descriptions and exotic details help build a brave new fictional world, but too many gadgets and repetitions can obstruct characterization. Perhaps that is what the author intended; he usually keeps a cool emotional distance from his characters. Yet his ambitious conception has the power to raise readers' temperatures, by taking them back to the future and the chance for a new beginning...
...bureaucratic power player, Perle has been adroit at reinforcing the vehemently anti-Soviet philosophy of his boss, Caspar Weinberger. He has a knack for choosing the right time and place to force decisions and for making key bits of information public as part of his effort to obstruct any serious compromises by Washington that could woo Moscow into an arms agreement. But + when it comes time to deal with the outside world, Perle can be an effective team player. Indeed, he was among the first officials picked as part of the U.S. delegation to Moscow last week because...
...sharing 24 hours after the ballots were counted. Impassive as ever, the President stepped before TV cameras in the Elysee Palace to deliver a blunt assessment of the election outcome. With two years left to serve, Mitterrand quickly dispelled fears that he would try to use his powers to obstruct the new conservative majority. Said he: "This majority is numerically weak, but it exists. It is thus from its ranks that I will summon the person I will have chosen to form the new government." Leaning majestically forward, Mitterrand added, "As for me, I will strive both at home...