1.   The relief efforts have been hindered by unrelenting bad weather.

2.   And a Boston-based emergency doctor said that medical blind spot could hinder efforts to raise awareness about the dangers of hazing and prevent the practice.

3.   Armed Somali factions and bandits had severely hindered relief efforts.

4.   Bad weather and knee-deep mud were hindering efforts to remove bodies from the aircraft, all of which remained inside the wreckage more than eight hours after the crash.

5.   Bonds explained it was a bad shoe that hindered his effort to get to second.

6.   A nationally distributed film such as this, officials say, could hinder efforts to draw more tourists, students and business executives.

7.   Airing his frustration in a recent interview with the Washington Post, Ridge said the turf wars may be hindering efforts to coordinate and improve homeland security.

8.   Alarcon said the delay hinders efforts to make the police force more diverse by hiring more minorities and women.

9.   But Councilman Rudy Svorinich of San Pedro said the motion would also hinder his efforts to begin a secession drive in the Harbor and Wilmington areas.

10.   But bureaucracy and corruption have hindered efforts to lure foreign investment and privatize state-owned enterprises.