1.   He described his proposals for the coming year as neutral because he did not want to hamper recovery.

2.   According to budget experts, the fiscal troubles in the smaller cities may hamper a recovery by forcing out more jobs and people.

3.   But the shifts were not enough to hamper recovery efforts of these large pieces, Admiral Kristensen said on Thursday.

4.   He found that many of the patients experienced psychological complications, like severe depression, serious enough to hamper their recovery.

5.   Hampering a recovery in Mexico will be interest rates, which will likely remain high as the government seeks to curb inflation and help the banking industry.

6.   Recovery was further hampered by the loss of several major tenants, which moved, merged or folded.

7.   The weakness of Japanese banks has led to higher Japanese interest rates, hampering a recovery that affects the United States as well as Japan.

8.   Other mines hampered recovery of the dead.

9.   A low level of hemoglobin causes giddiness, fatigue and hampers recovery from disease, doctors said.

10.   A shortage of funds has hampered the recovery, the newspaper said.