The project, which began 18 months ago when I.B.M. won the contract from Aeroflot, is being hampered by political and economic uncertainty and confusion on exchange rates.

Efforts to tackle gang-related violence are being hampered by confusion over the complex law on joint enterprise, which could deter witnesses from coming forward, according to a report by the Commons justice select committee.

Election officials declined to comment on these accusations, though they acknowledged that the voting had been hampered by bad weather, delays and confusion.

The investigation was also hampered by confusion over which agency was in charge.

They were short of both funds and manpower and the administration was hampered by organizational confusion and command overlap, corruption and inefficiency.

After some months of preparation, in which he was hampered by administrative confusion and want of resources previously promised by the colonials, the Braddock expedition took the field with a picked column, in which George Washington served as a volunteer officer.

The adoption of ICF construction has steadily increased since the 1970s though adoption was initially hampered by lack of awareness, building codes, and confusion caused by many different manufacturers selling slightly different ICF designs rather than focusing on industry standardization.

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Voting in the Eighth District was hampered as well by widespread confusion among constituents trying to keep the cornucopia of candidates straight.

Hampered by confusion and lack of communication between the various flanks, the battle had been raging for a week with heavy losses.