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And while Nike posted a surprise sales increase in its latest quarter, the company warned that weakness in China may stymie some turnaround progress going forward.

It didn’t help that another fire had broken out at the unit 4 reactor, and attempts to reach the fuel pools by helicopter that morning were once again stymied by radiation.

Counterintuitively, it could ultimately be Democrats rather than Republicans who stymie a healthcare deal, wrote Barclays analyst Michael McLean in a research note last week.

The party, after all, has a yawning generation gap that has stymied younger politicians from attaining power, ascending to leadership and freshening Democrats’ image and agenda.

Places like Toledo are standouts at a time when the housing market nationally has been stymied by a combination of higher prices and mortgage rates.