But who would have imagined, as they celebrated that first title 10 years ago this month, they would still be around to obstruct the progress of younger players?
It was the Republicans who chose to use inflammatory "death panel" language during the debate over passage of the recent House health-care bill as part of their attempts, for political gain, to obstruct the progress of any reform.
Emergency contraceptives prevent fertilization of an egg by delaying or inhibiting ovulation and thickening cervical mucus, obstructing the progress of sperm.
Workshops were designed to allow participants to discuss issues identified as obstructing the progress of scientific research.
To achieve our goal of giving a voice to the aspirations of young researchers, we synthesized the current issues that have been identified as obstructing the progress of scientific research into four focus areas: funding for biomedical research, training of the scientific workforce, the structure of the workforce, and incentives and rewards for scientists (McDowell et al., 2014c).
Labor becomes obstructed when the progress of the fetus through the pelvis is arrested, in spite of ongoing, vigorous uterine contractions [ 1, 2].
Here, we provide the background to our optimism and also describe some of the roadblocks that obstruct the path of progress.
Any other path, Smith warned, "would retard instead of accelerating the further increase in the value of their annual produce, and would obstruct instead of promoting the progress of their country towards real wealth and greatness".
Enfranchised women would tend to vote for authoritarian figures, and so obstruct the natural law of progress toward an egalitarian society.
Tense muscles can delay the progress of labor, obstructing the baby's descent and preventing the cervix from dilating.
The cadastral division is suspected to obstruct the deliverance of ecosystem services (ES) from the landscape.
