While a Democratic House may stymie Mr Bush's plans, a Democratic Senate would have the power to withhold approval for Mr Bush's choices of judges and ambassadors, including, for example, John Bolton at the United Nations.
But analysts and investors cautioned that regulators may stymie the deal, as they have with previous merger attempts between energy producers.
That would be disastrous for Guinea and may stymie its neighbours' faltering progress too.Most of Guinea's 8m or so people are disenfranchised and dirt-poor.
Turnbull, who supports legalising same-sex marriage, will likely come under pressure again, especially following reports conservative coalition MPs may stymie the ultimate vote in the parliament.
In this, it matches Nord Stream, a similar bypass under the Baltic (see map).South Stream may stymie a rival EU effort, Nabucco, which was meant to bring gas from the Caspian and Central Asia to western Europe through the Balkans.
That may stymie reforms planned by President Leonid Kuchma.See article: More gloom in UkraineRobert Kocharian was elected president of Armenia amid allegations of electoral fraud.See article: Armenia's new presidentPresident Yeltsin told Russia's parliament to accept Sergei Kiriyenko, a young ex-energy minister, as prime minister.
Practices will retain 70% of any savings (the PCT will keep the rest), provided that they are ploughed back into better services.One potential drawback is that GPs' revived role in purchasing may stymie competition in the primary care they provide.
But the share price of Alliance & Leicester, a British bank, fell sharply on fears that Crédit Agricole's Greek acquisition may stymie a rumoured merger between the two.Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria expanded its retail-banking operations in Texas by buying two more banks in the state.
Yet the fix may stymie efforts to reduce carbon emissions and adapt to ongoing climate change, say the geoengineering skeptics.
Scientists now say they may have pinpointed the molecular basis for the French anomaly--a compound found in red wine that may stymie heart disease and cancer.
