Perhaps the biggest obstacle to exporting e-sports to the West is a lingering belief that playing computer games is not a proper job an idea that would no doubt sound familiar to pioneers of professional sports from tennis to snooker.

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First, you assume that the Republicans view the current situation as an impasse, i.e. an obstacle in the path to their objective.

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The first obstacle to most law enforcement agencies is a lack of training in the intricacies of Internet service providers and e-mail accounts.

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