Just when relations between the United States and Iran seemed to be turning for the better as a result of President Obama's recent overture to Iran, a new impediment emerged.
Language and communication appear in the literature as significant impediments to collaboration but did not emerge as separate issues in the factor analysis of the questionnaire.
The S.E.C.'s fraud case against MCI had been one of the last remaining impediments to the company's ability to emerge from Chapter 11.
Even if Post management acknowledges the unlikelihood that a superior offer will emerge, they probably see one major impediment to a sale to Williams and his backers: continuing employment.
French consumers simply are not spending the way they used to, and that is an impediment not only for the merchants of the Marché aux Puces, but also for the country's ability to emerge from recession.
But they are impediments all the same.Two years ago, on one of his frequent trips to China, Bill Gates said he was often asked where the next Bill Gates and the next Microsoft might emerge.
For the U.S., the Obama administration cannot emerge from the 60-day talks without an agreement -- any agreement -- that will allow the talks to continue, and settlements are now the major impediment to that.
Mr. Stern scoffed at that suggestion, saying a city's size is no impediment to a star emerging.
The cultural impediments are somewhat different in emerging economies such as the rising technology centers of Asia.
The treatment of journalists under the new regime emerged as an impediment to Labor's support, as the government sought to have the new laws passed before parliament rose next week.
Back in February, he was granted an interview at a factory that makes industrial adhesives, yet his very need for a job emerged as an impediment to getting one: The company ran a credit check, discovered his checkered history, and turned him down, he says.
