The finicky speech impediment arises most often with dentures, which add bulk to the palate.
"The court considers that the United States, in accordance with its obligations under the 1955 treaty, must remove, by means of its choosing, any impediments arising from the measures" relating to humanitarian needs, medicines, foodstuff and agricultural commodities and civil aviation, the ruling said.
But, as he told a journalist, "at least … I'm not waking up saying, 'Oh, no, did I kill someone last night?' " If the fire slowed him down artistically, a larger impediment arose soon afterwards.
Personal interests lead them astray from the general interests of their constituents: and other impediments arise so as to prove to every practical man that a law of limited duration is much more manageable than one which needs a repeal.
Where things get hard, it has to be occasionally; then I admit that, although the wish was there, unavoidable impediments arose.
In trying to fix problems that arose in the 2000 presidential election, Congress may have created an impediment to a quick resolution in 2004 and set the stage for major election lawsuits.
The term was coined to capture the array of impediments that arise, often seemingly inadvertently, when vested interests are at work.
Facts can become an impediment.
Parents are an impediment.
It may even prove an impediment.
