Described as a "blue-collar Tom Wolfe" by Detroit Free Press, Hamper was better positioned than anyone, as a former GM assembly-line worker, to write this book about the grim realities of the auto factory workers during the boom of America's most prominent industrial city.
And so came the urgent need to pass this unconstitutional law that will both silence the press and hamper the chances for magistrates to pursue criminal investigations.
The case comes after Eady and other judges have been accused by the press of hampering freedom of expression in cases where there is a conflict between privacy and confidentiality, and a public interest in reporting sensitive information about individuals.
Negotiations were hampered by press reports of "scandalous" meetings between its owner, Oleg Deripaska, and British politicians in Corfu.
He also contributed to watering down a bill limiting the use of wiretaps by magistrates, legislation that critics say would restrict press freedom and hamper the fight against corruption.
Although his 1994 work I'll Do Anything was hampered by negative press attention due to the cutting of all of its recorded musical numbers, As Good as It Gets (co-written with Mark Andrus) earned further praise.
This episode, called "The Prime Minister and the Press," focuses on how Mr. Berlusconi's control of Italian television has hampered freedom of the press in Italy.
You'd be hard pressed to find someone who has their work hampered first and foremost by the speed at which their machine runs, rather than the number of Facebook and YouTube procrastination sessions they engage in.
"Maybe 120 percent," he added with a sly grin, referring to widespread press reports that Mr. Muller had complained of being hampered in trying to update the restaurant.
The defence secretary acknowledged that a shortage of troops might have hampered progress in Afghanistan and said he would press the UK's European Nato allies to provide extra military resources.
If that's the case, it's clear that Ari Fleischer's reassurance to the press in February that Al Qaeda has been "severely disrupted and severely hampered" is now inoperative.
