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• [_ARG0 The dispute] has [_rel hampered] [_ARG1 the administration 's efforts * to recruit prominent doctors 0 *T*-1 to fill prestigious posts at the helm of the NIH and the Centers for Disease Control] .
• [_ARG0 A lack of enthusiasm with the latest economic data] [_rel hampered] [_ARG1 the stock market 's bid * to extend Tuesday 's sharp gains] , [_ARGM-ADV as prices closed slightly higher in sluggish trading] .
• For several years some European countries have complained that [_ARG0 outdated Cocom lists and restrictions] served more *ICH*-1 * to [_rel hamper] [_ARG1 their trade] than * to add to Western security .
• [_ARG1 Recovery] [_ARGM-MOD could] be [_rel hampered] *-1 [_ARGM-ADV if Britain 's major trading partners in Europe , which *T*-2 are enjoying robust economic activity , cool off as * expected *-3 in late 1990 and 1991] .
• In a statement , Scott McNealy , Sun 's chief executive officer , said 0 [_ARG1 the company 's performance] was [_rel hampered] *-1 by [_ARG0-by problems tied * to the introduction of a major new family of computers in April] .
• [_ARG1 Armco] , [_rel hampered] * by [_ARG0-by lower volume in its specialty steel business] , said 0 third-quarter net income dropped 8 % to $ 33 million *U* , or 35 cents a share , from $ 36 million *U* , or 39 cents a share in the year-ago quarter .
• Steelmaking resumed Oct. 18 , but the company expects [_ARG1 production] to be [_rel hampered] *-1 [_ARGM-TMP in the next few months] by [_ARG0-by traffic disruptions around the plant and outages for repair to gas and electric power systems] .
• [_ARG0 A small yield premium over comparable Treasurys and a lack of liquidity] is [_rel hampering] [_ARG1 dealers ' efforts * to drum up interest in the so-called bailout bonds] .
• [_ARG0 *] To [_rel hamper] [_ARG1 the work of litigation scientists] , he suggests that courts sharply limit the number of jurors that lawyers can remove *T*-2 from the jury panel through so-called peremptory challenges -- exclusions that *T*-1 do n't require explanations .
• [_ARG0 The reluctance of some states 0 * to let Drexel off the hook] [_ARGM-MOD could] [_rel hamper] [_ARG1 the firm 's attempts * to polish its image after its guilty plea to six felonies last month] , say 0 *T*-1 several people familiar with the discussions .
• But [_ARG2 Lloyd 's] is [_rel hampered] *-1 in [_ARG1-in its efforts * to overhaul operations] by [_ARG0-by its reluctance * to embrace modern technology] .
• [_ARG0 Lloyd 's overblown bureaucracy] [_ARGM-DIS also] [_rel hampers] [_ARG1 efforts * to update marketing strategies] .
• But [_ARG0 Beijing] ca n't cut back on such essential imports as raw materials for too long without *-1 [_rel hampering] [_ARG1 the country 's export business] .
• The administration has reacted to criticism that it mishandled the latest coup attempt by *-1 seeking *-2 to blame Congress for [_ARG0 restrictions] 0 the White House said 0 *T*-3 have [_rel hampered] [_ARG1 its freedom of action] .
• However , last week Mr. Webster 's two top CIA deputies said 0 [_ARG0 congressional curbs] had [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel hampered] [_ARG1 the spy agency 's role in the coup attempt in Panama] .
• The three men agreed *-2 to rewrite the guidelines , without *-3 changing the basic assassination ban , *-3 to clear up [_ARG0 any ambiguities] that *T*-1 [_ARGM-MOD may] have [_rel hampered] [_ARG1 U.S. encouragement of coups against anti-American leaders] .
• [_ARG1 Textron Inc.] , *-1 [_rel hampered] * by [_ARG0-by a slowdown in its defense sales] , reported an 8 % decline in per-share earnings on nearly flat revenue for its third quarter .
• [_ARG1 Poland 's plan * to switch to a free-market economy by 1991] is [_rel hampered] *-1 by [_ARG0-by a foreign debt load of $ 39.2 billion *U*] .
• [_ARG1 Efforts * to fight the blaze] were [_rel hampered] *-1 [_ARGM-CAU because water mains were severed *-2 as well] .
• The report says that [_ARG1 investigations] were [_ARGM-ADV severely] [_rel hampered] *-1 by [_ARG0-by lack of cooperation from Bofors] .
• Newspaper publishers are reporting [_ARG1 mixed third-quarter results] , aided * by favorable newsprint prices and [_rel hampered] * by [_ARG0-by flat or declining advertising linage , especially in the Northeast] .
• Naturally , [_ARG0 neither General Dynamics nor Dassault] could be expected *-1 to [_rel hamper] [_ARG1 its prospective future dealings] [_ARGM-MNR by *-2 making disclosures of sums paid * -LRB- or not -RRB- to various Greek officials for services rendered *] .
• They say 0 China 's trade deficit is widening and the country is too short *ICH*-1 of foreign exchange for [_ARG0 it] to [_rel hamper] [_ARG1 production in Guangdong] .