If you're a fan of Netflix, for example, net neutrality holds that you should be able to watch its shows without running into impediments your ISP, or Internet service provider, puts up that are designed to push you toward a competing service, such as Hulu.
For example, if he tried to order the use of torture against terrorists, as he has pledged, Trump would immediately run into legal impediments and a buzz-saw of resistance from CIA lawyers and operators still smarting from a decade of revelations and public criticism over waterboarding and secret prisons, intelligence officials said.
Legend: A score of 79 or less would indicate that a company would run into serious impediments when attempting to grow quickly.
"If Apple is running into any impediments, it's probably on the business side, making deals with operators," says Charles Golvin, a principal analyst with Forrester Research.
Kings with speech impediments or boats that run into a little chunk of ice win, but no baseball?
Boards with long-serving board members can be an impediment to change if companies run into troubles, such as in the case of GE. (NYSE GSS) Another factor we looked at was whether a company's board supported a poor performing CEO for several years, as in the case of Goldman Sachs NYSE GSGoldman Sachs NYSE GS
Remember, especially in brick-and-mortar service jobs, you'll sometimes run into customers with mental illness, developmental disabilities, or speech impediments.
One always imagines that the crossing of the last span of a trip bridging years will be something impulsive: when all the real impediments, such as continents, oceans, and passports, have been overcome, friends should run into each other's arms as fast as they can.
