But Mr. Ashcroft declined to be interviewed by the inspector general's office of the department he had headed, an unusual refusal and one that hampered investigators' effort to learn of discussions inside the National Security Council, the report says.
Also, we agree that a reporter transgene would be very useful, however the construction of one is hampered by the fact that the promoter of cx39.4 is entirely uncharacterized.
And experts say there is a need for better drugs because the existing ones are hampered by side effects.
Even the good ones are hampered by an economic and political system that could scarcely be better designed to frustrate them.
But a shortage of American trainers is only one factor hampering the Afghan police.
While such a move may make a neighborhood more cosmetically presentable, removing such traditions can perhaps, Professor Carter believes, help destroy one, by hampering the way people in a community interact.
Ek acknowledged that it took more than two years to secure license arrangements with the major labels and said that most major entertainment companies are tied to legacy businesses -- CD manufacturing and distribution, for one -- that hamper technological progress.
However, the absence of DNA of at least one parent hampers a definite conclusion.
One factor hampering analysis can arise from low-coverage genomes [ 21, 22] which makes mapping and identification of miRNAs difficult.
