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    obstacle
    [ noun ]
    1. something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

    2. <noun.cognition>
      lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement
      the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education
      the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan
    3. an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)

    4. <noun.artifact>


    Obstacle \Ob"sta*cle\, n. [F., fr. L. obstaculum, fr. obstare to
    withstand, oppose; ob (see {Ob-}) + stare to stand. See
    {Stand}. and cf. {Oust}, v.]
    That which stands in the way, or opposes; anything that
    hinders progress; a hindrance; an obstruction, physical or
    moral.

    If all obstacles were cut away.
    And that my path were even to the crown. --Shak.

    Syn: Impediment; obstuction; hindrance; difficulty. See
    {Impediment}, and {Obstruction}.

    1. Cristiani, who takes over June 1 as head of this country's U.S.-backed government, said Nicaragua is the main obstacle to regional peace.
    2. "Every once in a while we do get a call from a community interested in enhancing its tax base," Sloan said in Washington. "But the reality is that most retirees don't move very far." Still, the biggest promotional obstacle may be the weather.
    3. Western claims that the borders will be redrawn in Europe "are strange postulates, in my view!" he wrote. "Yes, the Berlin Wall has stopped being an obstacle isolating East German citizens from the Western world."
    4. The Energy Department has removed one hurdle to a $78 million settlement with neighbors of the Fernald uranium processing plant, and revealed another obstacle _ the fact that no funds are available to pay it.
    5. The obstacle Chile faces in Washington is not protectionism, but indifference. An FTA with Chile would let Washington signal to the rest of Latin America that it supports democratic regimes with open economies.
    6. Shareholders could well be an obstacle to implementation of a plan they don't support.
    7. Agriculture has been an obstacle in the talks, and Yeutter is pessimistic about reaching an agreement.
    8. Because the provision would empower the panel to review congressional actions, it could pose an obstacle to approval by the U.S.
    9. He believes the main obstacle to getting them on the market is the lack of a major backer for robot products.
    10. "This clears away the main obstacle to a Glenn candidacy," contended Timothy Hagan, a Cuyhoga County commissioner who headed the Ohio campaigns of Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy in 1980 and former Vice President Walter Mondale in 1984.
    11. He characterized the discussions as amicable and said he saw no obstacle to completing them before April 1.
    12. By dropping its objection to NATO membership for a united Germany, the Soviet Union removed the last big obstacle to German unification, which could be completed by December.
    13. And pricing the units to reflect the risks would be an obstacle to their sale, some analysts said.
    14. The biggest obstacle to this reform is the 1.7-million member National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers' union.
    15. This help was the main obstacle to the improvement of relations with Pakistan," Foreign Ministry spokesman Aftab Seth quoted Singh as telling Cranston.
    16. Now that the record $32.25 billion quarterly refunding obstacle has been hurdled, the focus of the Treasury market, likely will return to economic fundamentals, analysts say.
    17. Added Elmer W. Johnson, GM's group vice president and its chief counsel: "The business purpose was to remove a serious obstacle to the smooth functioning of the auto maker's management."
    18. Government approval of Montedison S.p.A.'s joint venture with Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi, or ENI, should come by midweek, eliminating the last obstacle to Italy's vaunted chemicals-industry restructuring.
    19. CONFEREES and the Bush administration agreed on a compromise plan to finance the $166 billion thrift-rescue bill, pushing aside the biggest obstacle facing the legislation.
    20. Olivier said later that the slope was 'almost 50 degrees, but not quite'. There was only one more psychological obstacle (or so I thought) to be overcome.
    21. During a visit to Paris, Arafat tried to remove another obstacle to talking with Israel by declaring the PLO charter, which calls for eliminating Israel, "outdated." Gadhafi was asked about Arafat's statement on the charter.
    22. Japan's biggest obstacle to benefiting from the infrastructure program is the way money flows through the country's political machine.
    23. "The PLO was and remains the main obstacle for peace and all those that support the PLO in this matter are hurting peace," an official statement released after Sunday's cabinet meeting said.
    24. But he said the greatest obstacle to warm relations is Soviet superiority in conventional armed forces in Europe.
    25. Television star Ed McMahon and his wife, Victoria, announced Sunday that they cleared the final obstacle delaying their divorce.
    26. Denmark will be the first to pass judgment on the treaty, thereby ensuring that the very first obstacle for Maastricht will also be one of the hardest.
    27. "I don't see any technical or economic obstacle to their implementation," which could happen, he says, "within a decade."
    28. Another obstacle to full political agreement on the treaty _ abortion rights in a united Germany _ has not yet been resolved.
    29. The U.S. government says the installation violates the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty and is a major obstacle to talks in Geneva toward halving long-range missile arsenals.
    30. The state court then removed any procedural obstacle.
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