Sentence examples for hampered state from inspiring English sources

Such was the hampered state of the 3-7 Knicks on Tuesday, a day after scraping out a victory over nondescript Boston and one day before playing host to the loaded Los Angeles Lakers.

The package would also give the state ethics commission the power of subpoena for the first time, a shortcoming that has severely hampered state ethics inquiries, leaving investigators dependent on local district attorneys who were often themselves politically compromised.

"In the years preceding the crisis, federal regulators often showed no interest in exercising their regulatory authority, or worse, actively hampered state authority," Lisa Madigan, the Illinois attorney general, told the commission.

Representative Bill Goodling, the Pennsylvania Republican who is chairman of the House Education Committee, said Mr. Clinton should look elsewhere for his legacy, accusing the president of "taking a Washington-knows-best approachamperingmpering states with a "straitjacket" on the use of federal grants.

Mr. Morgenthau said the investigation was hampered by state money laws.

Victorian federal minister Kevin Andrews rejected the suggestion that the federal government had hampered the state government.

The defense team did not win any court motions in November and said it felt hampered by state rules that require a judge's decision on paying all expenses for indigent defendants.

The outcome could have important consequences: If the state prevails in court and this kind of disciplinary action spreads, one of the basic premises of managed care -- that insurers can contain costs by wielding an effective veto over frontline doctors' treatment decisions -- could be hampered by state medical boards third-guessing the insurers' second-guessing.

The federal government would continue to provide the resources, but we would remove endless federal mandates and restrictions that hamper state efforts to make these programs more effective.

The comment reflects a serious misconception that has hampered United States-China policy for years.

Now, some Garden State lawmakers want to hamper other states' red-light enforcement by prohibiting the state's Motor Vehicle Commission from giving out identifying information on their residents to other states.