Therefore, complexity due to various interactions between different levels is lucrative for nature in many ways although difficult to model for scientists as it obstructs simple abstraction (see also Section 1.2.1).
Senior Democrats said they viewed the vote as a no-lose proposition forcing Republicans to agree to begin debating the bill or be seen as obstructing it.
It could as well be seen as obstructing efforts by the District Authorities of Clarens to establish cordial cross-border relations with Lesotho Chiefs through regular meetings and exchange of experiences.
Eager not to be seen as obstructing peace efforts, Russia announced that two of its top officials — Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Mikhail Fradkov, head of the foreign intelligence service — will meet with Assad in Damascus, the Syrian capital, on Tuesday.
Members of Congress rarely object because they don't want to be seen as obstructing legal surveillance.
"If Democrats are seen as obstructing that process, that could be a significant problem for them politically," said Christine Iverson, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee.
The Obama administration revealed an executive order in April, for example, that encouraged government agencies and policy makers to block mergers that they saw as obstructing competition.
The government, which promised swift changes in the legal system, is under immense public pressure, and no political party wants to be seen as obstructing the bill.
Neither man wants to be seen as grandstanding or obstructing what both seem to agree is much-needed action to avert a wider economic crisis.
The move today illustrated the political burden on House leaders not to be seen as obstructing or watering down legislation meant to prevent future corporate scandals, even as some rank-and-file Republican House members expressed worry that attempts to delay the legislation would hurt the party in the November elections.
Yet in the frenzy of claims about the miraculous medical cures that President George W. Bush was seen as obstructing, voters in California in 2004 placed a $3 billion bet on stem cell research — a lot of risk for a single state to bear.
