21.   Now, scientists believe the right whale population growth is hampered by deadly collisions with boats and fishing line entanglements that can cause infection.

22.   Regulation is likely to hamper that growth in profit in the long term, according to Louise Barton, a media analyst at Henderson Crosthwaite Institutional Brokers Ltd.

23.   SHANGHAI B shares fell for the first time in five days amid concern a lack of quality companies will hamper earnings growth.

24.   Secrecy, or at least a severe lack of communication, hampered the growth of science in Soviet times on both sides of the superpower conflict.

25.   Technology companies say that such strict limits will hamper growth.

26.   That could hamper economic growth, investors said.

27.   The European Commission said it wants to prevent countries from hampering the growth of the Internet.

28.   The need to curb state and welfare expenditure to keep public deficits down will further hamper growth, he added.

29.   The predominance of VNAs has hampered the growth of for-profit competitors that have recently expanded into the Bay State.

30.   They say the law is hampering economic growth, driving down land values and tying up large acreages so they are of no economic benefit to the owners.