There was much grumbling by delegates about how President Émile Lahud of Lebanon was handling the summit, with some saying he was erecting obstacles where his role as host was supposed to be that of conciliator.
But "Falstaff" also presents a serious obstacle, with a title role requiring a baritone who can command laughter while also sympathetically conveying an oversize character's denial of looming obsolescence.
If we really believe in education, as the anchor of a coherent, hardworking, meritocratic but democratic society -- the vision of all of our great nineteenth century leaders, Lincoln above all -- then it's time get rid of everything that gets in the way, and one major obstacle is the central role of team sports.
Currently, the lack of a workable G6PD-deficient animal model is the major obstacle to reveal the role of G6PD in organismal level.
To counteract this obstacle, we investigated the role of sequence motifs in DrAqp3b potentially critical for pH regulation of water permeability, or that can enhance ethylene glycol permeability.
This lack of an identified arthritogenic epitope has been an obstacle to studying the role of Th cells in mouse models of arthritis.
A major obstacle to understand the role of this molecule as a communication signal has been the lack of information on the molecular mechanisms of AI-2 detection and signal transduction networks in the majority of organisms.
One obstacle in defining the role of oxidants in aging is our lack of knowledge of when, or even if, reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation causes physiological alterations that are severe enough to affect the lifespan of an organism and whether manipulation of the onset of oxidative stress will alter lifespan.
The key obstacles remain: 1.France's role.
An article on Friday about a warning by Lt. Gen. John R. Vines, the top American operational commander in Iraq, that the country still faces major obstacles misstated his earlier role in Somalia.
