Helicopters sent to the region to search for stranded residents were hampered by driving rain and foggy conditions overnight.
The technical failings of the federal HealthCare.gov website and several state-run exchanges hampered exchange enrollment, driving some consumers to buy directly from an insurance company, even if they might have gotten subsidies on an exchange.
They described the tax increases as closing loopholes for "millionaires and billionaires," while saying the deep spending cuts that the Republicans' approach would force would hamper essential government services while driving up health costs for Medicare recipients.
The continent is plagued by poor and under-developed transportation infrastructure, limiting accessibility to consumers, hampering intra-regional trade and driving up import and export costs.
Inherent difficulties in the study of uncontrolled natural events and large-scale epidemiological data have hampered the identification of the driving forces behind EID evolution and their impact on society.
A fourth line of criticism says that the Fed will hamper growth in foreign economies by driving down the value of the dollar.
After two seasons hampered by injuries, he was a driving force behind a 1999 Redskins team that played two playoff games.
But they're largely irrelevant to its real policy purpose, which is to make structural changes to existing programs in the hopes of changing the underlying incentives that are driving spending growth and hampering economic expansion.
Democrats should know that financial speculation is not what's driving oil prices, and that curbing futures trading could hamper the ability of companies like airlines and oil refineries to manage their risks by locking in the price of oil.
The coalition's austerity plans have been a minor disaster, driving the economy back into recession over this year and hampering recovery.
Furyk is healthy after being hampered by a sore wrist much of the year, and by driving the ball consistently and making key putts, he positioned himself as the player everyone else had to chase.
