31.   His affable nature helped smooth potential obstacles.

32.   Herbert A. Bregman, a certified public accountant in Stamford, Conn., whose practice includes matrimonial work, noted that another potential obstacle was the judge.

33.   His ambitious and independent nature has been widely viewed as a potential obstacle to a deal with some larger company.

34.   However, a potential obstacle to the continued growth of any of the major airline offshoots is labor contracts.

35.   In making the changes, the biggest potential obstacle for American Century is probably not the objections of some financial advisers or shareholders.

36.   Kanter acknowledges a few potential obstacles to building the database - aside from the shear scope of it.

37.   One other potential obstacle working against a potential Miami repeat is a schedule that includes games against Florida in Gainesville and Tennessee in Knoxville.

38.   One potential obstacle to its success, however, is that resource-short schools may not be up to the labor-intensive task of updating the sites almost daily.

39.   Others were less pessimistic, although many economists and industry executives are aware of the potential obstacles to growth.

40.   One other potential obstacle is the amount of Canadian-produced programming -- always something to be reckoned with in Canada -- that will be required by regulatory authorities.