11.   Police should have the power to fine people who hamper rescue efforts.

12.   Initial rescue efforts were hampered by a lack of heavy equipment and by landslides triggered by the initial earthquake.

13.   This factor, together with the severe damage caused to the roads and power supplies, greatly hampered relief efforts.

14.   Hurricane force winds are hampering efforts to save seals caught in the Shetland oil slick.

15.   Their efforts were hampered by recent dry weather and moderate winds fanning the flames.

16.   And for the second consecutive day, bad weather roiled the crash site, severely hampering efforts to pull up wreckage.

17.   Armstrong said that move might hamper efforts to provide a unique service using new technology.

18.   As officials readied disaster-relief requests for the federal government, the continuing rain hampered their efforts to clean up the damage and assess its cost.

19.   Both companies said the delay was hampering other efforts to expand.

20.   A graying work force is a growing burden at the Port of New York and New Jersey, holding down productivity and hampering efforts to install new technology.