Mrs Merkel's coalition partners and even some in her own party are threatening to be obstructive.

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And given Argentina's economic woes, the Peronists have little to gain by being seen to be needlessly obstructive.

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Perhaps the most important thing to be aware of when it comes to snoring is a condition called obstructive sleep apnea, where loud snoring is paired with gasps for air or pauses in breathing for more than about 15 seconds.

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Yet that, alas, is exactly what you would expect to happen if a president leaves the details to be written by Democrats in Congress, barely reaches out to the admittedly obstructive Republicans on issues such as tort reform, and remains magisterially aloof from much of the process.

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The hope, says Mr Dvorkovich, is that once the new laws are in place, Russians themselves will be more prepared to take on corrupt or obstructive bureaucrats.

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Poland, meanwhile, has shown that newcomers to the EU can be just as obstructive as the old guard.

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This approach would ensure food safety but would be far less labor and time intensive for FDA personnel, and far less obstructive and punitive to an emerging industry.

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That in itself may not necessarily be a criminal matter, but the authorities were angered by what they describe as the obstructive attitude of the bank to the investigation.

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