Sentence examples for thwart reform from inspiring English sources

Properly interpreted, it should not thwart reform, but spur it.

Crown said: "I believe that many of the organisations that are most prominent in this campaign in trying to thwart reform will have substantial membership from Opus Dei".

But Mr Welch has said he felt obliged to go through the courts after watching union-backed Democrats repeatedly thwart reform.

Cities lose out on funds that could be used both for crime prevention and prisoner rehabilitation; rural areas do their best to thwart reform because they don't want to lose the benefits that prisons confer on them.

Analysts say that this will encourage better management practices at Jin Jiang, including stock-option incentives for executives, and that it could serve as a template for future such deals.The received wisdom in China used to be that "vested interests", namely SOEs themselves, would thwart reform.

In the past few months, the major banks, along with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have dramatically increased their lobbying activities and campaign donations to thwart reform.

After being saved by government largesse, they say, big banks then moved to thwart reforms aimed at preventing future meltdowns caused by excessive risk-taking.

"I made very clear that I have no intention of letting their lobbyists thwart reforms necessary to protect the American people," Mr. Obama said in remarks after the meeting.

It is the latest example of conservatives' determination to thwart reforms that will do enormous good — and the latest reminder that politicians will continue to posture and demagogue the issue through the November elections and beyond.

THOMAS K. McINERNY President American Academy of Pediatrics Rochester, Sept. 30, 2013   To the Editor: A strong theme emerged in your article: the power of the gun lobby to thwart reforms that would reduce the death and injury caused by their product, particularly to children.

The siblings, who have become gun-control activists since the Feb. 14 massacre that killed 17 people, pointed out on "The Tonight Show" Tuesday how NRA-backed politicians thwart reforms like background checks, even though Americans favor them.