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Had the Baldwin patriarch lived longer, many speculate, the brothers wouldn't have taken up acting . According to this theory, Alexander was adamant that they become lawyers, and his objections would have stymied their careers.
There, they attempt to repair their broken spaceship but are stymied by the hook-nosed owner of the local parts shop--Watto--who also happens to have a thick Yiddish accent!
In the NYT lead, Democratic pooh-bahs whine that their spring fund-raising drive was stymied by the Balkan war and the Columbine massacre, each of which caused President Clinton's to cancel potentially lucrative events.
And double oops--one of the stymied guests was a member of the U.S.
The loss of a federal grant has stymied plans for the Senior Legal Hotline to expand its free legal services statewide.