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The richest governments – politically captured by a fossil fuel-wedded corporate class – were hobbled from the outset.

Officials at the Energy Department say they have tried hard to make the 1992 program work, but that they were hobbled from the start by weaknesses in the plan, contained in the Energy Policy Act.

But the commission was hobbled from the start by inadequate financing and opposition from some state officials.

President Obama's effort to curb executive pay at bailed-out financial institutions was hobbled from the start.

The review revealed that the facility was hobbled from the start, after its operator British Nuclear Fuels Limited BNFLL) failed to secure MOX expertise from the German engineering giant Siemens.

It was hobbled from the start, though, since nearly half the information that inbound ships send customs inspectors is wrong, according to internal studies by the Customs Service.

SUPERMONTAGE could be hobbled from the start if the E.C.N.'s choose not to use it for the bulk of their orders.

The court was hobbled from the beginning, Nice said, by the world's most populous states' refusal to ratify the treaty.

"Manhunter," in contrast, was hobbled from the start by its the bland title, bestowed by a studio that had no faith that "Red Dragon" would attract viewers.

Despite rave reviews, which became more glowing the longer the contest went on, Ed Balls's campaign was hobbled from the start by his association with Brown.

These problems have raised fears that the United Nations force would suffer the same fate as the African Union force, which was hobbled from the start by a weak mandate, which was to observe a cease-fire, not protect civilians.